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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
            Euctenidiacea
              Eudoridacea
              Doridacea
                Doridoidea
                  Archidorididae
                  Kentrodorididae
                  Rostangidae
                  Discodorididae
                  Dorididae
                  Aldisidae
                  Chromodorididae
                    Chromodoris
                    Glossodoris
                    Hypselodoris
                        Hypselodoris bilineata
                        Hypselodoris cantabrica
                        Hypselodoris fontandraui
                        Hypselodoris gasconi
                        Hypselodoris infucata
                        Hypselodoris malacitana
                        Hypselodoris orsinii
                        Hypselodoris picta
                          Hypselodoris picta verdensis
                          Hypselodoris picta lajensis
                          Hypselodoris picta webbi
                          Hypselodoris picta azorica
                          Hypselodoris picta tema
                        Hypselodoris tricolor
                        Hypselodoris villafranca
                        Hypselodoris webbi
                        Hypselodoris emma
                        Hypselodoris maculosa
                        Hypselodoris regina
                        Hypselodoris maridadilus
                        Hypselodoris nigrolineata
                        Hypselodoris capensis
                        Hypselodoris pinna
                        Hypselodoris lilyeveae
                        Hypselodoris bayeri
                        Hypselodoris ruthae
                        Hypselodoris babai
                        Hypselodoris alboterminata
                        Hypselodoris bertschi
                        Hypselodoris bollandi
                        Hypselodoris fucata
                        Hypselodoris iacula
                        Hypselodoris insulana
                        Hypselodoris krakatoa
                        Hypselodoris paulinae
                        Hypselodoris reidi
                        Hypselodoris rudmani
                        Hypselodoris violabranchia
                        Hypselodoris zephyra
                        Hypselodoris olgae
                        Hypselodoris jacksoni
                        Hypselodoris katherythros
                        Hypselodoris bennetti
                        Hypselodoris lajensis
                        Hypselodoris acriba
                        Hypselodoris espinosai
                        Hypselodoris marci
                        Hypselodoris zebra
                        Hypselodoris epicuria
                        Hypselodoris kulonba
                        Hypselodoris maritima
                        Hypselodoris placida
                        Hypselodoris picturata
                        Hypselodoris obscura
                        Hypselodoris mouaci
                        Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa
                        Hypselodoris whitei
                        Hypselodoris peasei
                        Hypselodoris carnea
                        Hypselodoris kaname
                        Hypselodoris sagamiensis
                        Hypselodoris dollfusi
                        Hypselodoris bullockii
                        Hypselodoris apolegma
                        Hypselodoris flavomarginata
                        Hypselodoris lacteola
                        Hypselodoris agassizii
                        Hypselodoris ghiselini
                        Hypselodoris californiensis
                        Hypselodoris lapislazuli
                        Hypselodoris midatlantica
                        Hypselodoris shimodaensis
                        Hypselodoris zebrina
                        Hypselodoris saintvincentius
                        Hypselodoris festiva
                        Hypselodoris tema
                        Hypselodoris elegans
                        Hypselodoris valenciennesi
                        Hypselodoris coelestis
                        Hypselodoris gofasi
                        Hypselodoris xicoi
                        Hypselodoris ciminoi
                        Hypselodoris muniaini
                        Hypselodoris decorata
                        Hypselodoris godeffroyana
                        Hypselodoris kayae
                        Hypselodoris porterae
                        Hypselodoris punicea
                        Hypselodoris rosans
                        Hypselodoris koumacensis
                        Hypselodoris andersoni
                        Hypselodoris aegialia
                        Hypselodoris samueli
                        Hypselodoris nyalya
                        Hypselodoris cuis
                    Ceratosoma
                    Diversidoris
                    Tyrinna
                    Thorunna
                    Cadlinella
                    Durvilledoris
                    Ardeadoris
                    Rosodoris
                    Miamira
                    Orodoris
                  Platydorididae
                Onchidoridacea
                Onchidoridoidea
                Phyllidioidea
                Polyceroidea
              Gnathodoridacea
            Dexiarchia
            Dendronotina
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera