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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
              Hyperiidea
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
                Gammarida
                  Acanthonotozomatidae
                  Amathillopsidae
                  Ampeliscidae
                  Amphilochidae
                  Anisogammaridae
                  Argissidae
                  Astyridae
                  Biancolinidae
                  Bogidiellidae
                  Carangoliopsidae
                  Cheluridae
                  Colomastigidae
                  Cressidae
                  Dexaminidae
                  Epimeriidae
                  Gammaracanthidae
                  Gammaridae
                  Haustoriidae
                  Hyperiopsidae
                  Iphimediidae
                  Lafystiidae
                  Laphystiopsidae
                  Lepechinellidae
                  Leucothoidae
                  Liljeborgiidae
                  Megaluropidae
                  Melitidae
                  Melphidippidae
                  Odiidae
                  Oedicerotidae
                    Acanthostepheia
                    Aceroides
                    Aceros
                    Arrhinopsis
                    Arrhis
                    Bathymedon
                    Halicreion
                    Halimedon
                    Monoculodes
                    Monoculopsis
                    Oedicerina
                    Oediceroides
                        Oediceroides pilosa
                        Oediceroides proxima
                        Oediceroides wolffi
                        Oediceroides cinderella
                        Oediceroides rostrata
                        Oediceroides lahillei
                        Oediceroides emarginatus
                        Oediceroides newnesi
                        Oediceroides macrodactyla
                        Oediceroides similis
                        Oediceroides calmani
                        Oediceroides apicalis
                        Oediceroides limpieza
                        Oediceroides abyssorum
                        Oediceroides antennatus
                        Oediceroides microcarpa
                        Oediceroides morose
                        Oediceroides ornata
                        Oediceroides plumicornis
                        Oediceroides trepadora
                        Oediceroides weberi
                        Oediceroides zanzibarica
                        Oediceroides littoralis
                        Oediceroides conspicua
                    Oediceropsis
                    Oediceros
                    Paroediceros
                    Perioculodes
                    Pontocrates
                    Pseudoculodes
                    Synchelidium
                    Westwoodilla
                    Paraperioculodes
                    Deflexilodes
                    Paramonoculopsis
                    Carolobatea
                    Machaironyx
                    Aborolobatea
                    Ameroculodes
                    Americhelidium
                    Hartmanodes
                    Gulbarentsia
                    Pacifoculodes
                    Rostroculodes
                    Anoediceros
                    Caviphaxus
                    Chitonomandibulum
                    Cornudilla
                    Eochelidium
                    Finoculodes
                    Hongkongvena
                    Kroyera
                    Limnoculodes
                    Lopiceros
                    Parexoediceros
                    Perioculopsis
                    Sinoediceros
                    Monoculodopsis
                  Pardaliscidae
                  Phoxocephalidae
                  Pleustidae
                  Pontoporeiidae
                  Sebidae
                  Stegocephalidae
                  Stenothoidae
                  Synopiidae
                  Urothoidae
                  Valettiidae
                  Atylidae
                  Tironidae
                  Bateidae
                  Clarenciidae
                  Lysianassoidea
                  Didymocheliidae
                  Eusiroidea
                  Pagetinidae
                  Phoxocephalopsidae
                  Pseudamphilochidae
                  Stilipedidae
                  Exoedicerotidae
                  Iphimedioidea
                  Acanthonotozomellidae
                  Ochlesidae
                  Trischizostomatidae
                  Paramphitoidae
                  Dikwidae
                  Urohaustoriidae
                  Zobrachoidae
                  Hadziidae
                  Platyischnopidae
                  Cyproideidae
                  Vicmusiidae
                  Cheidae
                  Lysianassidae s.l.
                  Cardenioidae
                  Alicellidae
                  Valettiopsidae
                  Maeridae
                  Miramarassidae
                  Thurstonellidae
                Talitrida
                Sicafodiidae
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
              Neomegamphopidae
              Iciliidae
              Iulopididae
              Kuriidae
              Maxillipiidae
              Paracalliopiidae
              Pleioplateidae
              Podoprionidae
              Priscillinidae
              Priscomilitaridae
              Prolanceolidae
              Regaliidae
              Sinurothoidae
              Sternophysingidae
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  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
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