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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
        Haplosclerina
          Callyspongiidae
          Chalinidae
          Niphatidae
            Cribrochalina
            Gelliodes
            Hemigellius
            Pachychalina
            Amphimedon
              Amphimedon aculeata
              Amphimedon aitsuensis
              Amphimedon alata
              Amphimedon aurantiaca
                  Amphimedon aurantiaca var. dura
              Amphimedon brevispiculifera
              Amphimedon caribica
              Amphimedon cellulosa
              Amphimedon chinensis
              Amphimedon chloros
              Amphimedon complanata
              Amphimedon compressa
              Amphimedon conferta
              Amphimedon cristata
              Amphimedon decurtata
              Amphimedon delicatula
              Amphimedon denhartogi
              Amphimedon dura
              Amphimedon elastica
              Amphimedon erina
              Amphimedon excelsa
              Amphimedon flexa
              Amphimedon lamellata
              Amphimedon leprosa
              Amphimedon maresi
              Amphimedon massalis
              Amphimedon micropora
              Amphimedon minuta
              Amphimedon mollis
              Amphimedon navalis
              Amphimedon ochracea
              Amphimedon paradisus
              Amphimedon paraviridis
              Amphimedon reticulosa
              Amphimedon robusta
              Amphimedon rubens
              Amphimedon rubida
              Amphimedon rubiginosa
              Amphimedon rudis
              Amphimedon spiculosa
              Amphimedon spinosa
              Amphimedon strongylata
              Amphimedon subcylindrica
              Amphimedon sulcata
              Amphimedon tenera
              Amphimedon trindanea
              Amphimedon viridis
              Amphimedon validissima
              Amphimedon nolitangere
              Amphimedon terpenensis
              Amphimedon variabilis
              Amphimedon ferox
              Amphimedon elastica
              Amphimedon queenslandica
              Amphimedon rustica
              Amphimedon zamboangae
              Amphimedon arborescens
              Amphimedon dinae
              Amphimedon jalae
              Amphimedon hamadai
              Amphimedon texotli
              Amphimedon calyx
            Dasychalina
            Haliclonissa
            Microxina
            Niphates
            Sigmaxinyssa
            Calyxadocia
            Hemihaliclona
            Plumocolumetta
          Haliclonidae
          Adociidae
          Renierinae
          Gelliadae
          Renieridae
          Gelliidae
          Gelliinae
          Cavochalinidae
          Tubulodigitidae
        Petrosina
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  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
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Chromista
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