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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
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
                Adenopleurellidae
                Aegisthidae
                Ambunguipedidae
                Ameiridae
                Ancorabolidae
                Arenopontiidae
                Argestidae
                Balaenophilidae
                Canthocamptidae
                Canuellidae
                Cerviniidae
                Cletodidae
                Cletopsyllidae
                Clytemnestridae
                Cristacoxidae
                Cylindropsyllidae
                Danielsseniidae
                Darcythompsoniidae
                Diosaccidae
                Ectinosomatidae
                Euterpinidae
                Harpacticidae
                Huntemanniidae
                Laophontidae
                    Afrolaophonte
                    Applanola
                    Archesola
                    Asellopsis
                    Bathylaophonte
                    Corbulaseta
                    Coullia
                    Echinolaophonte
                    Esola
                    Harrietella
                    Hemilaophonte
                    Heterolaophonte
                    Klieonychocamptoides
                    Klieonychocamptus
                    Laophonte
                    Laophontina
                    Lipomelum
                    Loureirophonte
                    Onychocamptus
                    Paralaophonte
                    Paronychocamptus
                    Pilifera
                    Platychelipus
                    Platylaophonte
                    Pontophonte
                    Pseudolaophonte
                    Pseudonychocamptus
                    Quinquelaophonte
                    Mourephonte
                    Mictyricola
                    Microlaophonte
                    Arenolaophonte
                    Stygolaophonte
                    Psammolaophonte
                    Tapholeon
                    Hoplolaophonte
                    Mexicolaophonte
                    Namakosiramia
                    Galapalaophonte
                    Novolaophonte
                      Novolaophonte viatorum
                    Chilaophonte
                    Maiquilaophonte
                    Indolaophonte
                    Langia
                    Raptolaophonte
                    Xanthilaophonte
                    Wellsiphontina
                    Amerolaophontina
                    Robustunguis
                    Elapholaophonte
                    Archilaophonte
                    Cornylaophonte
                    Weddellaophonte
                    Phycolaophonte
                    Propephonte
                    Peltidiphonte
                    Mielkiella
                    Apolaophonte
                    Apsteinia
                    Bathyesola
                    Carcinocaris
                    Carrarpemoa
                    Heteronychocamptus
                    Lobitella
                    Microchelonia
                    Paranychocamptus
                    Psammoplatypus
                    Spiniferaponte
                    Aequinoctiella
                    Marbefia
                    Inermiphonte
                    Eolaophonte
                    Heterolaophonte
                    Paralaophonte
                    Chilaophonte
                    Fiersiphontina
                Laophontopsidae
                Latiremidae
                Leptastacidae
                Leptopontiidae
                Longipediidae
                Louriniidae
                Metidae
                Miraciidae
                Neobradyidae
                Normanellidae
                Novocriniidae
                Orthopsyllidae
                Paramesochridae
                Parastenheliidae
                Parastenocarididae
                Peltidiidae
                Phyllognathopodidae
                Porcellidiidae
                Psammopsyllidae
                Rhizothricidae
                Rotundiclipeidae
                Superornatiremidae
                Tachidiidae
                Tegastidae
                Tetragonicepsidae
                Thalestridae
                Thompsonulidae
                Tisbidae
                Zosimeidae
                Paranannopidae
                Ectinosomidae
                Pseudopeltidiidae
                Pteropsyllidae
                Rhynchothalestridae
                Pseudotachidiidae
                Idyanthidae
                Dactylopusiidae
                Ismardiidae
                Metahuntemanniidae
                Heteropsyllidae
                Parameiropsidae
                Nannopodidae
                Idyaeidae
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  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