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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
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
        Clionidae
        Hemiasterellidae
        Placospongiidae
        Polymastiidae
        Spirastrellidae
        Stylocordylidae
        Suberitidae
        Tethyidae
          Tethea
          Halicometes
          Tethya
              Tethya aurantium
              Tethya citrina
              Tethya cranium
              Tethya norvegica
              Tethya sibirica
              Tethya zetlandica
              Tethya nux
              Tethya actinia
              Tethya acuta
              Tethya amplexa
              Tethya andamanensis
              Tethya asbestella
              Tethya bergquistae
              Tethya boeroi
              Tethya brasiliana
              Tethya bullae
              Tethya burtoni
              Tethya californiana
              Tethya coccinea
              Tethya communis
              Tethya comorensis
              Tethya cyanae
              Tethya deformis
              Tethya dendyi
              Tethya densa
              Tethya diploderma
              Tethya ensis
              Tethya expansa
              Tethya fastigiata
              Tethya fissurata
              Tethya flexuosa
              Tethya gigantea
              Tethya gracilis
              Tethya gunni
              Tethya hooperi
              Tethya ignis
              Tethya ingalli
              Tethya japonica
              Tethya koreana
              Tethya laevis
              Tethya levii
              Tethya magna
              Tethya maza
              Tethya mexicana
              Tethya microstella
              Tethya minuta
              Tethya monstrosa
              Tethya mortoni
              Tethya multifida
              Tethya multistella
              Tethya novaecaledoniae
              Tethya omanensis
              Tethya ornata
              Tethya orphei
              Tethya ovum
              Tethya papillosa
              Tethya paroxeata
              Tethya parvistella
              Tethya pellis
              Tethya peracuta
              Tethya popae
              Tethya pulchra
              Tethya pulitzeri
              Tethya robusta
              Tethya rubra
              Tethya sarai
              Tethya seychellensis
              Tethya simi
              Tethya socius
              Tethya sollasi
              Tethya stellagrandis
              Tethya stellodermis
              Tethya stolonifera
              Tethya strongylata
              Tethya taboga
              Tethya tasmaniae
              Tethya tenuisclera
              Tethya topsenti
              Tethya varians
              Tethya wilhelma
              Tethya stipitata
              Tethya lyncurium
              Tethya arabica
              Tethya gladius
              Tethya sansibarica
              Tethya casula
              Tethya dactyloidea
              Tethya hebes
              Tethya affinis
              Tethya inflata
              Tethya morum
              Tethya amamensis
              Tethya australis
              Tethya cliftoni
              Tethya corticata
              Tethya globostellata
              Tethya limski
              Tethya microstella
              Tethya philipensis
              Tethya repens
              Tethya pulvinata
              Tethya innocens
              Tethya penicilliformis
              Tethya merguiensis
              Tethya abyssorum
              Tethya atropurpurea
              Tethya crassispicula
              Tethya infrequens
              Tethya serica
              Tethya vestita
              Tethya gravata
              Tethya stylifera
              Tethya unca
              Tethya antarctica
              Tethya australiensis
              Tethya cavernosa
              Tethya robusta
              Tethya armata
              Tethya gemmiformis
              Tethya bistellata
              Tethya cometes
              Tethya caudata
              Tethya lacunata
              Tethya sagitta
              Tethya viridis
              Tethya compacta
              Tethya oscari
              Tethya rubra
              Tethya carnosus
              Tethya aurantia
              Tethya irregularis
              Tethya hibernica
              Tethya uljinensis
              Tethya clavigera
              Tethya crypta
              Tethya songakensis
              Tethya globum
              Tethya coactifera
              Tethya leysae
              Tethya beatrizae
              Tethya nicolae
              Tethya parvula
              Tethya solangae
          Alcyonium
          Anthotethya
          Burtonitethya
          Columnitis
          Laxotethya
          Nucleotethya
          Oxytethya
          Stellitethya
          Tectitethya
          Tethyastra
          Tethycometes
          Tethytimea
          Xenospongia
          Donatia
          Taboga
          Tethycordyla
          Tethyorraphis
          Tethyorrhaphis
          Amniscos
          Alemo
          Tethyum
        Timeidae
        Acanthochaetetidae
        Clionaidae
        Trachycladidae
        Stelligeridae
        Donatiidae
      '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