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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
            Echinacea
              Arbacioida
              Echinoida
              Temnopleuroida
              Camarodonta
                Parasaleniidae
                Echinidea
                  Echinidae
                    Echinus
                      Echinus (Toxopneustes)
                      Echinus acutus
                          Echinus acutus var. flemingii
                          Echinus acutus var. norvegicus
                          Echinus acutus var. mediterraneus
                          Echinus acutus norvegicus
                          Echinus acutus flemingii
                          Echinus acutus mediterraneus
                          Echinus acutus acutus
                      Echinus aequituberculatus
                      Echinus affinis
                      Echinus alexandri
                      Echinus aurantiacus
                      Echinus cidaris
                      Echinus cordatus
                      Echinus depressus
                      Echinus dröbachiensis
                      Echinus elegans
                      Echinus esculentus
                      Echinus flemingii
                      Echinus globiformis
                      Echinus granularis
                      Echinus granularis
                      Echinus lividus
                      Echinus lixula
                      Echinus melo
                      Echinus microstoma
                      Echinus microtuberculatus
                      Echinus miliaris
                      Echinus minutus
                      Echinus neapolitanus
                      Echinus neglectus
                      Echinus norvegicus
                      Echinus pseudomelo
                      Echinus purpureus
                      Echinus quinqueangulatus
                      Echinus quinqueangulosus
                      Echinus rarispinus
                      Echinus sardicus
                      Echinus saxatilis
                      Echinus Schwartzii
                      Echinus sphaera
                      Echinus subangulosus
                      Echinus tenuispinus
                      Echinus violaceus
                      Echinus vulgaris
                      Echinus wallisi
                      Echinus dufresnii
                      Echinus gratilla
                      Echinus molaris
                      Echinus pileolus
                      Echinus variolaris
                      Echinus gilchristi
                      Echinus calamaris
                      Echinus diadema
                      Echinus horridus
                      Echinus atratus
                      Echinus lacunosus
                      Echinus hirsuta
                      Echinus reticulatus
                      Echinus cordatum
                      Echinus mathaei
                      Echinus verruculatus
                      Echinus gracilis
                      Echinus tylodes
                      Echinus anchistus
                      Echinus atlanticus
                      Echinus euryporus
                      Echinus lucidus
                      Echinus multidentatus
                      Echinus stenoporus
                      Echinus lithophagus
                      Echinus (Agarites)
                      Echinus (Psammechinus)
                      Echinus (Tripneustes)
                      Echinus aciculatus
                      Echinus albidus
                      Echinus albocinctus
                      Echinus albus
                      Echinus alternantus
                      Echinus angulosus
                      Echinus armatus
                      Echinus auritus
                      Echinus basteri
                      Echinus biforis
                      Echinus blainvillei
                      Echinus brevispinosus
                      Echinus calamarus
                      Echinus cantaber
                      Echinus carinatus
                      Echinus castaneus
                      Echinus chlorocentrotus
                      Echinus chloroticus
                      Echinus coronalis
                      Echinus darnleyensis
                      Echinus decadactylos
                      Echinus decoratus
                      Echinus depressus
                      Echinus diadema
                      Echinus droebachiensis
                      Echinus dubius
                      Echinus elevatus
                      Echinus emarginatus
                      Echinus equituberculatus
                      Echinus erythrogrammus
                      Echinus excavatus
                      Echinus fasciatus
                      Echinus fueginus
                      Echinus gaimardi
                      Echinus globulus
                      Echinus grandinosus
                      Echinus grandis
                      Echinus granulatus
                      Echinus griseus
                      Echinus hexaporus
                      Echinus hirsutus
                      Echinus huttoni
                      Echinus inflatus
                      Echinus laganoides
                      Echinus laganum
                      Echinus leschenaulti
                      Echinus lezaroides
                      Echinus lobatus
                      Echinus loculatus
                      Echinus lucunter
                      Echinus maculatus
                      Echinus maculosus
                      Echinus magellanicus
                      Echinus mamillatus
                      Echinus mammillatus
                      Echinus margaritaceus
                      Echinus maugei
                      Echinus minimus
                      Echinus mola
                      Echinus multicolor
                      Echinus neumayeri
                      Echinus niger
                      Echinus oblonga
                      Echinus octodactylos
                      Echinus omalostoma
                      Echinus orbiculus
                      Echinus oviformis
                      Echinus ovum
                      Echinus pallidus
                      Echinus parvituberculatus
                      Echinus paucituberculatus
                      Echinus pedifer
                      Echinus pentagonus
                      Echinus pentaporus
                      Echinus peronii
                      Echinus pictus
                      Echinus placenta
                      Echinus polyzonalis
                      Echinus porosus
                      Echinus pulchellus
                      Echinus pulvinulus
                      Echinus punctiferus
                      Echinus punctulatus
                      Echinus purpuratus
                      Echinus purpurescens
                      Echinus pusillus
                      Echinus pustulatus
                      Echinus pustulosus
                      Echinus quoyi
                      Echinus radiatus
                      Echinus robillardi
                      Echinus rosaceus
                      Echinus saxatilis
                      Echinus sculptus
                      Echinus spatagus
                      Echinus spatuliger
                      Echinus sphaeroides
                      Echinus stellatus
                      Echinus subangularis
                      Echinus subangulosus
                      Echinus subcaeruleus
                      Echinus subglobiformis
                      Echinus tenuispina
                      Echinus toreumaticus
                      Echinus trigonarius
                      Echinus tuberculatus
                      Echinus variegatus
                      Echinus variegatus
                      Echinus ventricosus
                      Echinus versicolor
                      Echinus virens
                      Echinus virgatus
                      Echinus disjunctus
                      Echinus e?culentus
                      Echinus lacuno?us
                      Echinus ro?aceus
                      Echinus ?axatilis
                      Echinus ?patagus
                      Echinus ?phæroides
                      Echinus quinquangulosus
                    Dermechinus
                    Sterechinus
                    Polyechinus
                    Gracilechinus
                    Stirechinus
                  Odontophora
                  Parechinidae
                Temnopleuridea
                Circopeltinae
                Porosoma
                Coptosoma
                Microsoma
                Eurypneustes
                Aeolopneustes
                Triplacidia
                Acrocircus
              Stomopneustoida
              Glyphopneustidae
            Calycina
            Stirodonta
            Hemicidaridae
            Orthopsidae
            Pseudodiadematidae
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  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