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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
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
            Chaetodoryx
            Clinolabis
            Coelectys
            Coelosphaera
            Ectoforcepia
            Ectyodoryx
            Forcepia
            Histoderma
            Histodermella
            Inflatella
            Joyeuxia
            Leptolabis
            Lissodendoryx
                Lissodendoryx (Anomodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Waldoschmittia)
                Lissodendoryx amaknakensis
                Lissodendoryx basispinosa
                Lissodendoryx caduca
                Lissodendoryx certa
                Lissodendoryx complicata
                Lissodendoryx corallorhizoides
                Lissodendoryx fertilior
                Lissodendoryx firma
                Lissodendoryx fragilis
                Lissodendoryx isodictyalis
                Lissodendoryx laxa
                Lissodendoryx lobosa
                Lissodendoryx lundbecki
                Lissodendoryx polymorpha
                Lissodendoryx simplex
                Lissodendoryx sophia
                Lissodendoryx stipitata
                Lissodendoryx vicina
                Lissodendoryx baculata
                Lissodendoryx (Acanthodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx)
                Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx)
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) albemarlensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) amaknakensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) areolata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) balanophilus
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) basispinosa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) behringi
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) buchanani
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) caduca
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) calypta
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) carolinensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) catenata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) certa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ciocalyptoides
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) colombiensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) complicata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) cratera
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) damirioides
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) decepta
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) digitata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) fertilior
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) firma
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) flabellata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) florida
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) fragilis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) fusca
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) grata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) grisea
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) inaequalis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) indistincta
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) infrequens
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) innominata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) isodictyalis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ivanovi
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) jacksoniana
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) kyma
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) laxa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) lobosa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) lundbecki
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) marplatensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) microchelifera
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) microraphida
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) minuta
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) monticularis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) noxiosa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) oxeota
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) papillosa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) paucispinata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) polymorpha
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) pygmaea
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) rarus
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) rex
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) sigmata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) similis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) simplex
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) sophia
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) stephensoni
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) stipitata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) strongylata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) styloderma
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ternatensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) timorensis
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) topsenti
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) tubicola
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) variisclera
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) vicina
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) simplex
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) baculata
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) spinulosa
                  Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) tylostyla
                Lissodendoryx flabellata
                Lissodendoryx innominata
                Lissodendoryx stylo-derma
                Lissodendoryx albemarlensis
                Lissodendoryx antarctica
                Lissodendoryx arenaria
                Lissodendoryx areolata
                Lissodendoryx atlantica
                Lissodendoryx balanoides
                Lissodendoryx behringi
                Lissodendoryx bifacialis
                Lissodendoryx buchanani
                Lissodendoryx calypta
                Lissodendoryx carolinensis
                Lissodendoryx catenata
                Lissodendoryx ciocalyptoides
                Lissodendoryx colombiensis
                Lissodendoryx coralliophila
                Lissodendoryx damirioides
                Lissodendoryx derjugini
                Lissodendoryx diversichela
                Lissodendoryx fibrosa
                Lissodendoryx florida
                Lissodendoryx innominata
                Lissodendoryx ivanovi
                Lissodendoryx kyma
                Lissodendoryx lissostyla
                Lissodendoryx loyningi
                Lissodendoryx maculata
                Lissodendoryx marplatensis
                Lissodendoryx microchelifera
                Lissodendoryx minuta
                Lissodendoryx minuta
                Lissodendoryx monticularis
                Lissodendoryx multiformis
                Lissodendoryx noxiosa
                Lissodendoryx olgae
                Lissodendoryx oligacantha
                Lissodendoryx oxeota
                Lissodendoryx oxytes
                Lissodendoryx papillosa
                Lissodendoryx rarus
                Lissodendoryx rex
                Lissodendoryx rhaphidiophora
                Lissodendoryx similis
                Lissodendoryx sinensis
                Lissodendoryx stephensi
                Lissodendoryx stephensoni
                Lissodendoryx stipitata
                Lissodendoryx strongylata
                Lissodendoryx styloderma
                Lissodendoryx timorensis
                Lissodendoryx tubicola
                Lissodendoryx tawiensis
                Lissodendoryx asigmata
                Lissodendoryx roxasi
                Lissodendoryx balanophilus
                Lissodendoryx stylophora
                Lissodendoryx tubiformis
                Lissodendoryx tuberosa
                Lissodendoryx spinulosa
                Lissodendoryx massalis
                Lissodendoryx tylostyla
                Lissodendoryx coralgardeniensis
                Lissodendoryx spinulosa
                Lissodendoryx fusca
                Lissodendoryx foliata
                Lissodendoryx jenjonesae
                Lissodendoryx spongiosa
                Lissodendoryx indistincta
                Lissodendoryx sigmata
            Paramyxilla
            Lepidosphaera
            Coelosphaericon
            Damiriana
            Forcipina
            Histioderma
            Siderodermella
            Tedandoryx
            Trachyforcepia
            Wilsa
            Zetekispongia
            Zottea
            Zetekopsis
            Xytopsoocha
            Damiriella
            Labisophlita
            Marcusoldia
            Naauna
            Sideroderma
            Celtodoryx
            Histodermion
            Waldoschmittia
            Anomodoryx
            Acanthodoryx
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
          Hymedesmiidae
          Iotrochotidae
          Myxillidae
          Tedaniidae
          Anchinoidae
          Desmacidonidae
          Chondropsidae
          Phellodermidae
        Latrunculina
      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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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