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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
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
            Desmacidon
                Desmacidon abyssi
                Desmacidon adriaticum
                Desmacidon anceps
                Desmacidon columella
                Desmacidon crux
                Desmacidon emphysema
                Desmacidon fruticosum
                Desmacidon funicatus
                Desmacidon peltatus
                Desmacidon physa
                Desmacidon rotalis
                Desmacidon titubans
                Desmacidon tunicata
                Desmacidon tunicatum
                Desmacidon clavatum
                Desmacidon dianae
                Desmacidon fragilis
                Desmacidon infestum
                Desmacidon mamillatum
                Desmacidon minor
                Desmacidon nebulosum
                Desmacidon nodosum
                Desmacidon ramosum
                Desmacidon ternatense
                Desmacidon armatum
                Desmacidon conulissima
                Desmacidon hispidosa
                Desmacidon intermedia
                Desmacidon maeandrina
                Desmacidon ramosa
                Desmacidon carterianum
                Desmacidon rimosa
                Desmacidon venusta
                Desmacidon peltatum
                Desmacidon harpago
                Desmacidon korenii
                Desmacidon peachii
                Desmacidon gigantea
                Desmacidon arctica
                Desmacidon clavata
                Desmacidon nucleus
                Desmacidon australis
                Desmacidon folioides
                Desmacidon stelligera
                Desmacidon plumosum
                Desmacidon griseum
                Desmacidon platei
                Desmacidon plicatum
                Desmacidon pannosus
                Desmacidon psammodes
                Desmacidon arenosa
                Desmacidon arenifibrosa
                Desmacidon neptuni
                Desmacidon plumosa
                Desmacidon fistulosa
                Desmacidon jeffreysii
                Desmacidon dendyi
                Desmacidon caducum
                Desmacidon constrictus
                Desmacidon copiosa
                Desmacidon antarctica
                Desmacidon cactoides
                Desmacidon conulosum
                Desmacidon delicata
                Desmacidon doryphora
                Desmacidon ectofibrosa
                Desmacidon elastica
                Desmacidon lenta
                Desmacidon porifera
                Desmacidon setifera
                Desmacidon spinigera
                Desmacidon novaezealandiae
                Desmacidon ectyofibrosa
                Desmacidon similaris
                Desmacidon reptans
                Desmacidon arciferum
                Desmacidon kerguelenensis
                Desmacidon ceratosa
            Desmapsamma
          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
Monera