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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
        Haplosclerina
          Callyspongiidae
          Chalinidae
            Rhaphisia
            Reniera
                Reniera accomodata
                Reniera alba
                Reniera albapontica
                Reniera aperta
                Reniera aquaeductus
                Reniera arctica
                Reniera citrina
                Reniera clavata
                Reniera crassa
                Reniera cratera
                Reniera fibulata
                Reniera filigrana
                Reniera fulva
                Reniera grossa
                Reniera implexa
                Reniera inflata
                Reniera lenis
                Reniera magna
                Reniera mamillata
                Reniera membranacea
                Reniera mucosa
                Reniera nigricans
                Reniera oblonga
                Reniera omissa
                Reniera parietalis
                Reniera perlucida
                Reniera plana
                Reniera pocilliformis
                Reniera poecillastroides
                Reniera pons
                Reniera rhizophora
                Reniera rossica
                Reniera sarai
                Reniera solowetzkaja
                Reniera stirpescens
                Reniera tromsoica
                Reniera ventilabra
                Reniera viscosa
                Reniera heterofibrosa
                Reniera merejkowskii
                Reniera algicola
                Reniera altera
                Reniera anceps
                Reniera auletta
                Reniera australis
                Reniera baeri
                Reniera bawiana
                Reniera camerata
                Reniera chilensis
                Reniera coerulescens
                Reniera cribricutis
                Reniera cribriformis
                Reniera cylindrica
                Reniera dancoi
                Reniera delicata
                Reniera depressa
                Reniera eterospiculata
                Reniera fibulifera
                Reniera latens
                Reniera flaccida
                Reniera flavescens
                Reniera foraminosa
                Reniera fryetti
                Reniera glacialis
                Reniera hebes
                Reniera hornelli
                Reniera ignobilis
                Reniera inepta
                Reniera innominata
                Reniera ligniformis
                Reniera lobosa
                Reniera macropora
                Reniera madrepora
                Reniera mollis
                Reniera mollis
                Reniera neens
                Reniera nigra
                Reniera nodosa
                Reniera pigmentifera
                Reniera polypoides
                Reniera proletaria
                Reniera pulcherrima
                Reniera pulvinar
                Reniera ramusculoides
                Reniera rapanui
                Reniera reversa
                Reniera rugosa
                Reniera saldanhae
                Reniera scotti
                Reniera semifibrosa
                Reniera siphonella
                Reniera sordida
                Reniera spinosella
                Reniera spinosella
                Reniera subglobosa
                Reniera swartschewskiji
                Reniera tenera
                Reniera topsenti
                Reniera tufoides
                Reniera verrucosa
                Reniera virens
                Reniera fortior
                Reniera amorpha
                Reniera tubifera
                Reniera curacaoensis
                Reniera tabernacula
                Reniera arctica
                Reniera kerguelensis
                Reniera laxa
                Reniera longimanus
                Reniera proxima
                Reniera rufescens
                Reniera simplex
                Reniera teligera
                Reniera tubulosa
                Reniera coccinea
                Reniera japonica
                Reniera okadai
                Reniera pandaea
                Reniera valliculata
                Reniera parenchyma
                Reniera fibroreticulata
                Reniera carmabi
                Reniera aurantiaca
                Reniera palescens
                Reniera calyx
                Reniera tufa
                Reniera frondiculata
                Reniera ventilabrum
                Reniera membranacea
                Reniera labyrinthica
                Reniera chrysa
                Reniera dendyi
                Reniera vasiformis
                Reniera nivea
                Reniera ascidia
                Reniera corticata
                Reniera elastica
                Reniera tuberosa
                Reniera zoologica
                Reniera tubulosa
                Reniera complicata
                Reniera filholi
                Reniera digitata
                Reniera inflata
                Reniera dubia
                Reniera infundibuliformis
                Reniera digitata
                Reniera muggiana
                Reniera nigrescens
                Reniera ridleyi
                Reniera viridenigra
                Reniera crateriformis
                Reniera foraminosa
                Reniera porosa
                Reniera cinerea
                Reniera informis
                Reniera delicatula
                Reniera fistulosa
                Reniera mcandrewii
                Reniera simulans
                Reniera densa
                Reniera ingalli
                Reniera crassa
                Reniera urceolus
                Reniera permollis
                Reniera bowerbanki
                Reniera elegans
                Reniera peachi
                Reniera indistincta
                Reniera obscura
                Reniera rosea
                Reniera paupera
                Reniera uniformis
                Reniera decidua
                Reniera flava
                Reniera forcellata
                Reniera typica
                Reniera megarrhaphea
                Reniera dura
                Reniera spiculotenuis
                Reniera spitzbergensis
                Reniera penicillata
                Reniera spongiosa
                Reniera utriculus
                Reniera tubulifera
                Reniera pulchra
                Reniera papillifera
                Reniera hirsuta
                Reniera testudinaria
                Reniera odessana
                Reniera boutschinskii
                Reniera palmata
                Reniera pedunculata
                Reniera pedicelata
                Reniera clathrata
                Reniera bowerbanki
                Reniera calamus
                Reniera scyphonoides
                Reniera ambigua
                Reniera compacta
                Reniera voeringii
                Reniera folium
                Reniera bulbifera
                Reniera firma
                Reniera curiosa
                Reniera collectrix
                Reniera grayi
            Adocia
            Chalina
            Chalinula
            Cladocroce
            Dendroxea
            Haliclona
            Pellinula
            Protoschmidtia
            Rhizoniera
            Tedaniella
            Acervochalina
            Siphocalina
            Orina
            Sigmadocia
            Gellius
            Phylosiphonia
            Arcesios
            Chalinodendron
            Diplodemia
            Euchalinopsis
            Kallypilidion
            Katiba
            Lessepsia
            Nara
            Neoadocia
            Pellinella
            Prianos
            Reniclona
            Toxadocia
            Veluspa
            Philotia
            Asychis
            Toxiclona
            Halichoclona
            Dendrectilla
            Polysiphonia
          Niphatidae
          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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera