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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
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
          Littorinoidea
          Rissooidea
          Stromboidea
          Hipponicoidea
          Crepiduloidea
          Xenophoroidea
          Cypraeoidea
            Ovulidae
            Cypraeidae
                Erosaria
                Luria
                Purpuradusta
                Schilderia
                Zonaria
                Palmadusta
                Callistocypraea
                Lyncina
                Blasicrura
                Pustularia
                Cypraeovula
                Cypraea
                  Cypraea propinqua
                  Cypraea cernica
                  Cypraea erythraeensis
                  Cypraea nivosa
                  Cypraea punctata
                  Cypraea contaminata
                  Cypraea pantherina
                  Cypraea teres
                  Cypraea globulus
                  Cypraea walkeri
                  Cypraea mariae
                  Cypraea tigris
                  Cypraea pyrum
                  Cypraea hungerfordi
                  Cypraea zebra
                  Cypraea fultoni
                  Cypraea lisetae
                  Cypraea cassiaui
                  Cypraea acicularis
                  Cypraea irrorata
                  Cypraea isabellamexicana
                  Cypraea albuginosa
                  Cypraea annettae
                  Cypraea cervinetta
                  Cypraea isabellamexicana
                  Cypraea nigropunctata
                  Cypraea rashleighana
                  Cypraea robertsi
                  Cypraea schilderorum
                  Cypraea annettae
                  Cypraea tessellata
                  Cypraea cinerea
                  Cypraea reevei
                  Cypraea aurantium
                  Cypraea sulcidentata
                  Cypraea kuroharai
                  Cypraea ventriculus
                  Cypraea porteri
                  Cypraea joycae
                  Cypraea cervus
                  Cypraea rosea
                  Cypraea valentia
                  Cypraea spadicea
                  Cypraea humphreysii
                  Cypraea cumingii
                  Cypraea pyriformis
                  Cypraea flaveola
                  Cypraea minoridens
                Erronea
                Bistolida
                Talparia
                Bernaya
                Staphylaea
                Zoila
                Nesiocypraea
                Notadusta
                Cribrarula
                Cypraeinae
                Erosariinae
                Erroneinae
                Gisortiinae
                Luriinae
                Pustulariinae
                Ipsa
                Arestorides
                Pseudozonaria
                Annepona
                Melicerona
                Ovatipsa
                Cryptocypraea
                Palmulacypraea
                Contradusta
                Perisserosa
                Austrasiatica
                Chelycypraea
                Eclogavena
                Nucleolaria
                Naria
                Austrocypraea
                Neobernaya
                Talostolida
          Heteropoda
          Naticoidea
          Tonnoidea
          Cassoidea
          Rissoacea
          Calyptraeoidea
          Capuloidea
          Vanikoroidea
          Cingulopsoidea
          Pterotracheoidea
          Velutinoidea
          Vermetoidea
          Ficoidea
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      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