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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
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
          Littorinoidea
          Rissooidea
            Hydrobiidae
            Assimineidae
            Iravadiidae
            Rissoidae
              Rissoininae
              Rissoinae
                Alvania
                Amphirissoa
                Benthonella
                Benthonellania
                Boreocingula
                Botryphallus
                Cingula
                Crisilla
                Frigidoalvania
                Gofasia
                Manzonia
                Obtusella
                Onoba
                Peringiella
                Plagyostila
                Pseudosetia
                Pusillina
                Rissoa
                    Rissoa aartseni
                    Rissoa albugo
                    Rissoa alleryi
                    Rissoa angustior
                    Rissoa auriformis
                    Rissoa auriscalpium
                    Rissoa decorata
                    Rissoa frauenfeldiana
                    Rissoa gemmula
                    Rissoa gomerica
                    Rissoa guerinii
                    Rissoa guernei
                    Rissoa italiensis
                    Rissoa janusi
                    Rissoa lia
                    Rissoa lilacina
                    Rissoa membranacea
                    Rissoa monodonta
                    Rissoa multicincta
                    Rissoa multicostata
                    Rissoa panhormensis
                    Rissoa paradoxa
                    Rissoa parva
                      Rissoa parva var. interrupta
                    Rissoa pseudoguerini
                    Rissoa rodhensis
                    Rissoa scurra
                    Rissoa similis
                    Rissoa splendida
                    Rissoa torquilla
                    Rissoa variabilis
                    Rissoa ventricosa
                    Rissoa violacea
                    Rissoa inconspicua
                    Rissoa sarsii
                    Rissoa costulata
                    Rissoa subcostulata
                    Rissoa costata
                    Rissoa albella
                    Rissoa labiosa
                    Rissoa mirabilis
                    Rissoa euxinica
                    Rissoa vicina
                    Rissoa verdensis
                    Rissoa curta
                    Rissoa atomus
                    Rissoa ordinaria
                    Rissoa pompholyx
                    Rissoa nina
                    Rissoa inconspicua
                Rudolphosetia
                Setia
                Voorwindia
                Ovirissoa
                Powellisetia
                Subonoba
                Tomlinella
                Plagiostyla
                Pontiturboella
                Porosalvania
                Merelina
                Simulamerelina
                Punctulum
                Parashiela
                Lucidestea
                Lironoba
                Attenuata
                Alvinia
                Auriconoba
                Mutiturboella
                Radiata
                Turgidina
                Benzia
                Varisetia
                Haurakia
                Moniziella
                Flemellia
                Striatestea
                Galeodinopsis
            Tornidae
            Adeorbidae
            Caecidae
            Truncatellidae
            Barleeidae
            Anabathridae
            Elachisinidae
            Trochaclididae
            Calopiidae
            Cochliopidae
            Emblandidae
            Epigridae
            Falsicingulidae
            Hydrococcidae
            Barleeiidae
          Stromboidea
          Hipponicoidea
          Crepiduloidea
          Xenophoroidea
          Cypraeoidea
          Heteropoda
          Naticoidea
          Tonnoidea
          Cassoidea
          Rissoacea
          Calyptraeoidea
          Capuloidea
          Vanikoroidea
          Cingulopsoidea
          Pterotracheoidea
          Velutinoidea
          Vermetoidea
          Ficoidea
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      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