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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
                Anomoclausiidae
                Antheacheridae
                Anthessiidae
                Bomolochidae
                Catiniidae
                Chondracanthidae
                  Acanthochondria
                      Acanthochondria clavata
                      Acanthochondria cornuta
                      Acanthochondria limandae
                      Acanthochondria soleae
                      Acanthochondria triglae
                      Acanthochondria albigutta
                      Acanthochondria argutula
                      Acanthochondria ateleopi
                      Acanthochondria barnardi
                      Acanthochondria bicornis
                      Acanthochondria brevicorpa
                      Acanthochondria briani
                      Acanthochondria bulbosus
                      Acanthochondria compacta
                      Acanthochondria constricta
                      Acanthochondria crassicornis
                      Acanthochondria cyclopsetta
                      Acanthochondria cynoglottidis
                      Acanthochondria depressa
                      Acanthochondria diastema
                      Acanthochondria dilatata
                      Acanthochondria dojirii
                      Acanthochondria elongata
                      Acanthochondria epachthes
                      Acanthochondria exilipes
                      Acanthochondria fissicauda
                      Acanthochondria fleurae
                      Acanthochondria fraseri
                      Acanthochondria gemina
                      Acanthochondria glandiceps
                      Acanthochondria gurnardi
                      Acanthochondria hazekuti
                      Acanthochondria hippoglossi
                      Acanthochondria holocephalarum
                      Acanthochondria incisa
                      Acanthochondria inimici
                      Acanthochondria laemonemae
                      Acanthochondria latili
                      Acanthochondria lepidionis
                      Acanthochondria longicephalus
                      Acanthochondria longifrons
                      Acanthochondria macrocephala
                      Acanthochondria margolisi
                      Acanthochondria ophidii
                      Acanthochondria oralis
                      Acanthochondria phycidis
                      Acanthochondria pingi
                      Acanthochondria platycephali
                      Acanthochondria priacanthi
                      Acanthochondria purpurea
                      Acanthochondria rectangularis
                      Acanthochondria shawi
                      Acanthochondria sicyasis
                      Acanthochondria sixteni
                      Acanthochondria solida
                      Acanthochondria spinulosa
                      Acanthochondria spirigera
                      Acanthochondria tasmaniae
                      Acanthochondria tchangi
                      Acanthochondria tenuis
                      Acanthochondria uranoscopi
                      Acanthochondria vancouverensis
                      Acanthochondria wui
                      Acanthochondria yui
                      Acanthochondria chilensis
                      Acanthochondria deltoidea
                      Acanthochondria genypteri
                      Acanthochondria palpifera
                      Acanthochondria psetti
                      Acanthochondria chilomycteri
                      Acanthochondria galerita
                      Acanthochondria grandigenitalis
                      Acanthochondria kajika
                      Acanthochondria zebriae
                      Acanthochondria triangularis
                      Acanthochondria hoi
                      Acanthochondria tiddi
                      Acanthochondria radiata
                      Acanthochondria salmonea
                      Acanthochondria alleni
                      Acanthochondria alatalongicollis
                      Acanthochondria sagitta
                      Acanthochondria lilianae
                      Acanthochondria helicoleni
                  Acanthochondrites
                  Chondracanthodes
                  Chondracanthus
                  Lernentoma
                  Strabax
                  Pharodes
                  Diocus
                  Protochondracanthoides
                  Acanthocanthopsis
                  Andreina
                  Anops
                  Apodochondria
                  Argentinochondria
                  Auchenochondria
                  Bactrochondria
                  Barnardia
                  Berea
                  Blias
                  Bobkabata
                  Brachiochondria
                  Brachiochondrites
                  Brasilochondria
                  Ceratochondria
                  Chelonichondria
                  Chondracanthopsis
                  Cryptochondria
                  Disphaerocephalus
                  Entomoda
                  Heterochondria
                  Hoia
                  Humphreysia
                  Immanthe
                  Juanettia
                  Jusheyhoea
                  Lagochondria
                  Lateracanthus
                  Lernacantha
                  Lernaeomyzon
                  Lernaeosolea
                  Markevitchielinus
                  Mecaderochondria
                  Medesicaste
                  Neobrachiochondria
                  Oralien
                  Parapharodes
                  Praecidochondria
                  Prochondracanthopsis
                  Prochondracanthus
                  Protochondracanthus
                  Protochondria
                  Pseudacanthocanthopsis
                  Pseudacanthopsis
                  Pseudoblias
                  Pseudochondracanthoides
                  Pseudochondracanthus
                  Pseudodiocus
                  Pseudolernentoma
                  Pterochondria
                  Rhynchochondria
                  Rohdea
                  Rylovia
                  Scheherazade
                  Trichthacerus
                  Triphyllacanthus
                  Tuccopsis
                  Bereacanthus
                  Parapercicola
                Clausidiidae
                Clausiidae
                Corycaeidae
                Entobiidae
                Ergasilidae
                Eunicicolidae
                Gastrodelphyidae
                Herpyllobiidae
                Intramolgidae
                Lamippidae
                Lichomolgidae
                Lubbockiidae
                Macrochironidae
                Mesoglicolidae
                Myicolidae
                Mytilicolidae
                Nereicolidae
                Octopicolidae
                Oncaeidae
                Pharodidae
                Philichthyidae
                Phyllodicolidae
                Poecilostomatoida incertae sedis
                Pseudanthessiidae
                Rhynchomolgidae
                Sabelliphilidae
                Saccopsidae
                Sapphirinidae
                Serpulidicolidae
                Spiophanicolidae
                Synapticolidae
                Synaptiphilidae
                Taeniacanthidae
                Ventriculinidae
                Xenocoelomidae
                Tuccidae
                Corallovexiidae
                Echiurophilidae
                Euniciolidae
                Paralubbockiidae
                Tegobomolochidae
                Umazuracolidae
                Xenocoelomatidae
                Lernaeosoleidae
                Melinnacheridae
                Pionodesmotidae
                Bradophilidae
                Abrsiidae
                Makrostrotidae
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      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
Viruses
Monera