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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
                      Chromodoris britoi
                      Chromodoris elegantula
                      Chromodoris goslineri
                      Chromodoris krohni
                      Chromodoris luteopunctata
                      Chromodoris luteorosea
                      Chromodoris purpurea
                      Chromodoris quadricolor
                          Chromodoris quadricolor quadricolor
                      Chromodoris rodomaculata
                      Chromodoris alius
                      Chromodoris geminus
                      Chromodoris pantherina
                      Chromodoris fidelis
                      Chromodoris cavae
                      Chromodoris pallida
                      Chromodoris annulata
                      Chromodoris tennentana
                      Chromodoris vicina
                      Chromodoris gleniei
                      Chromodoris cazae
                      Chromodoris paulomarcioi
                      Chromodoris clenchi
                      Chromodoris trimarginata
                      Chromodoris dianae
                      Chromodoris hintuanensis
                      Chromodoris joshi
                      Chromodoris michaeli
                      Chromodoris roboi
                      Chromodoris buchananae
                      Chromodoris mandapamensis
                      Chromodoris aila
                      Chromodoris binza
                      Chromodoris dictya
                      Chromodoris grahami
                      Chromodoris neona
                      Chromodoris perola
                      Chromodoris ponga
                      Chromodoris amoena
                      Chromodoris alternata
                      Chromodoris ambigua
                      Chromodoris epicuria
                      Chromodoris multimaculosa
                      Chromodoris tasmaniensis
                      Chromodoris tinctoria
                      Chromodoris thompsoni
                      Chromodoris macfarlandi
                      Chromodoris marislae
                      Chromodoris ruzafai
                      Chromodoris lochi
                      Chromodoris boucheti
                      Chromodoris willani
                      Chromodoris lineolata
                      Chromodoris striatella
                      Chromodoris burni
                      Chromodoris annae
                      Chromodoris magnifica
                      Chromodoris kuiteri
                      Chromodoris westraliensis
                      Chromodoris strigata
                      Chromodoris colemani
                      Chromodoris splendida
                      Chromodoris hunterae
                      Chromodoris daphne
                      Chromodoris tumulifera
                      Chromodoris loringi
                      Chromodoris woodwardae
                      Chromodoris aspersa
                      Chromodoris inornata
                      Chromodoris bimaensis
                      Chromodoris orientalis
                      Chromodoris tenuis
                      Chromodoris petechialis
                      Chromodoris baumanni
                      Chromodoris kpone
                      Chromodoris aureomarginata
                      Chromodoris sponsa
                      Chromodoris vibrata
                      Chromodoris simplex
                      Chromodoris dalli
                      Chromodoris reticulata
                      Chromodoris porterae
                      Chromodoris kuniei
                      Chromodoris geometrica
                      Chromodoris conchyliata
                      Chromodoris coi
                      Chromodoris tritos
                      Chromodoris charlottae
                      Chromodoris leopardus
                      Chromodoris collingwoodi
                      Chromodoris preciosa
                      Chromodoris sinensis
                      Chromodoris galactos
                      Chromodoris albonares
                      Chromodoris verrieri
                      Chromodoris rubrocornuta
                      Chromodoris aureopurpurea
                      Chromodoris rufomaculata
                      Chromodoris albopunctata
                      Chromodoris albopustulosa
                      Chromodoris obsoleta
                      Chromodoris decora
                      Chromodoris setoensis
                      Chromodoris lekker
                      Chromodoris kitae
                      Chromodoris pruna
                      Chromodoris reticulata
                      Chromodoris aurigera
                      Chromodoris nona
                      Chromodoris heatherae
                      Chromodoris alia
                      Chromodoris regalis
                      Chromodoris variegata
                      Chromodoris scurra
                      Chromodoris luxuriosa
                      Chromodoris clitonota
                      Chromodoris coerulea
                      Chromodoris messinensis
                      Chromodoris tricolor
                      Chromodoris cantrainii
                      Chromodoris elegans
                      Chromodoris valenciennesi
                      Chromodoris orsinii
                      Chromodoris roseopicta
                      Chromodoris nyalya
                      Chromodoris francoisae
                      Chromodoris marginata
                      Chromodoris flammulata
                      Chromodoris lactea
                      Chromodoris krishna
                      Chromodoris lata
                      Chromodoris sibogae
                      Chromodoris albonotata
                      Chromodoris rudolphi
                      Chromodoris mollita
                      Chromodoris varians
                      Chromodoris cardinalis
                      Chromodoris gloriosa
                      Chromodoris pusilla
                      Chromodoris lentiginosa
                      Chromodoris ndukuei
                      Chromodoris australis
                      Chromodoris decorata
                      Chromodoris flava
                      Chromodoris citrina
                      Chromodoris briqua
                      Chromodoris sykesi
                      Chromodoris venusta
                      Chromodoris victoriae
                      Chromodoris perplexa
                      Chromodoris variata
                      Chromodoris histrio
                      Chromodoris porcata
                      Chromodoris imperialis
                      Chromodoris ghardaqana
                      Chromodoris odhneri
                      Chromodoris figurata
                      Chromodoris atopa
                      Chromodoris shirarae
                      Chromodoris aegialia
                      Chromodoris rosans
                      Chromodoris fentoni
                      Chromodoris morchii
                      Chromodoris maculosa
                      Chromodoris barnardi
                      Chromodoris virginea
                      Chromodoris pustulans
                      Chromodoris paupera
                      Chromodoris pantharella
                      Chromodoris camoena
                      Chromodoris lapinigensis
                      Chromodoris marenzelleri
                      Chromodoris mariana
                      Chromodoris splendens
                      Chromodoris inconspicua
                      Chromodoris papulosa
                      Chromodoris nodulosa
                      Chromodoris ophthalmica
                      Chromodoris inopinata
                      Chromodoris tenuilinearis
                      Chromodoris marpessa
                      Chromodoris albolimbata
                      Chromodoris euelpis
                      Chromodoris trouilloti
                    Glossodoris
                    Hypselodoris
                    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