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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
              Anguillidae
              Chlopsidae
              Congridae
              Derichthyidae
              Heterenchelyidae
              Muraenesocidae
              Muraenidae
                Anarchias
                Enchelycore
                Gymnothorax
                    Gymnothorax maderensis
                    Gymnothorax polygonius
                    Gymnothorax unicolor
                    Gymnothorax vicinus
                    Gymnothorax conspersus
                    Gymnothorax funebris
                    Gymnothorax moringa
                    Gymnothorax saxicola
                    Gymnothorax herrei
                    Gymnothorax buroensis
                    Gymnothorax breedeni
                    Gymnothorax melatremus
                    Gymnothorax pikei
                    Gymnothorax punctatus
                    Gymnothorax pindae
                    Gymnothorax monochrous
                    Gymnothorax enigmaticus
                    Gymnothorax nudivomer
                    Gymnothorax hepaticus
                    Gymnothorax chilospilus
                    Gymnothorax pictus
                    Gymnothorax robinsi
                    Gymnothorax elegans
                    Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
                    Gymnothorax eurostus
                    Gymnothorax johnsoni
                    Gymnothorax fimbriatus
                    Gymnothorax megaspilus
                    Gymnothorax javanicus
                    Gymnothorax meleagris
                    Gymnothorax phasmatodes
                    Gymnothorax margaritophorus
                    Gymnothorax zonipectis
                    Gymnothorax undulatus
                    Gymnothorax favagineus
                    Gymnothorax reticularis
                    Gymnothorax afer
                    Gymnothorax albimarginatus
                    Gymnothorax angusticauda
                    Gymnothorax angusticeps
                    Gymnothorax annasona
                    Gymnothorax annulatus
                    Gymnothorax atolli
                    Gymnothorax australicola
                    Gymnothorax austrinus
                    Gymnothorax bacalladoi
                    Gymnothorax bathyphilus
                    Gymnothorax berndti
                    Gymnothorax castaneus
                    Gymnothorax castlei
                    Gymnothorax cephalospilus
                    Gymnothorax chlamydatus
                    Gymnothorax cribroris
                    Gymnothorax dorsalis
                    Gymnothorax dovii
                    Gymnothorax equatorialis
                    Gymnothorax eurygnathos
                    Gymnothorax flavoculus
                    Gymnothorax formosus
                    Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus
                    Gymnothorax gracilicauda
                    Gymnothorax griseus
                    Gymnothorax hansi
                    Gymnothorax hubbsi
                    Gymnothorax intesi
                    Gymnothorax isingteena
                    Gymnothorax kidako
                    Gymnothorax kolpos
                    Gymnothorax kontodontos
                    Gymnothorax longinquus
                    Gymnothorax mareei
                    Gymnothorax marshallensis
                    Gymnothorax mccoskeri
                    Gymnothorax microspila
                    Gymnothorax microstictus
                    Gymnothorax miliaris
                    Gymnothorax minor
                    Gymnothorax moluccensis
                    Gymnothorax monostigma
                    Gymnothorax mordax
                    Gymnothorax mucifer
                    Gymnothorax nasuta
                    Gymnothorax neglectus
                    Gymnothorax nigromarginatus
                    Gymnothorax niphostigmus
                    Gymnothorax nubilus
                    Gymnothorax nuttingi
                    Gymnothorax obesus
                    Gymnothorax ocellatus
                    Gymnothorax panamensis
                    Gymnothorax parini
                    Gymnothorax phalarus
                    Gymnothorax philippinus
                    Gymnothorax polyspondylus
                    Gymnothorax polyuranodon
                    Gymnothorax porphyreus
                    Gymnothorax prasinus
                    Gymnothorax prionodon
                    Gymnothorax prismodon
                    Gymnothorax prolatus
                    Gymnothorax pseudoherrei
                    Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus
                    Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus
                    Gymnothorax randalli
                    Gymnothorax reevesii
                    Gymnothorax richardsonii
                    Gymnothorax rueppellii
                    Gymnothorax sagenodeta
                    Gymnothorax sagmacephalus
                    Gymnothorax serratidens
                    Gymnothorax sokotrensis
                    Gymnothorax steindachneri
                    Gymnothorax thyrsoideus
                    Gymnothorax tile
                    Gymnothorax vagrans
                    Gymnothorax verrilli
                    Gymnothorax woodwardi
                    Gymnothorax ypsilon
                    Gymnothorax muraena
                    Gymnothorax pescadoris
                    Gymnothorax ryukyuensis
                    Gymnothorax baranesi
                    Gymnothorax shaoi
                    Gymnothorax taiwanensis
                    Gymnothorax davidsmithi
                    Gymnothorax walvisensis
                Muraena
              Nemichthyidae
              Nettastomatidae
              Ophichthidae
              Serrivomeridae
              Synaphobranchidae
              Protanguillidae
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  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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