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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
                Adenopleurellidae
                Aegisthidae
                Ambunguipedidae
                Ameiridae
                Ancorabolidae
                Arenopontiidae
                Argestidae
                Balaenophilidae
                Canthocamptidae
                Canuellidae
                Cerviniidae
                Cletodidae
                Cletopsyllidae
                Clytemnestridae
                Cristacoxidae
                Cylindropsyllidae
                Danielsseniidae
                Darcythompsoniidae
                Diosaccidae
                Ectinosomatidae
                Euterpinidae
                Harpacticidae
                Huntemanniidae
                Laophontidae
                Laophontopsidae
                Latiremidae
                Leptastacidae
                Leptopontiidae
                Longipediidae
                Louriniidae
                Metidae
                Miraciidae
                  Amphiascopsis
                  Schizoperopsis
                  Teissierella
                  Miscegenus
                  Microthalestris
                  Mesamphiascus
                  Diosaccinae
                    Amonardia
                    Amphiascoides
                        Amphiascoides breviarticulatus
                        Amphiascoides brevifurca
                        Amphiascoides debilis
                        Amphiascoides dispar
                        Amphiascoides golikovi
                        Amphiascoides koltuni
                        Amphiascoides limicola
                        Amphiascoides littoralis
                        Amphiascoides nanoides
                        Amphiascoides nanus
                        Amphiascoides neglecta
                        Amphiascoides sterilis
                        Amphiascoides subdebilis
                        Amphiascoides limicolus
                        Amphiascoides bulbiseta
                        Amphiascoides coreanus
                        Amphiascoides arabicus
                        Amphiascoides atopus
                        Amphiascoides dimorphus
                        Amphiascoides lancisetiger
                        Amphiascoides petkovskii
                        Amphiascoides commensalis
                        Amphiascoides ctenophorus
                        Amphiascoides dictydiophorus
                        Amphiascoides ecaudatus
                        Amphiascoides hispidus
                        Amphiascoides hyperboreus
                        Amphiascoides ilievecensis
                        Amphiascoides intermedius
                        Amphiascoides intermixtus
                        Amphiascoides invaginatus
                        Amphiascoides langi
                        Amphiascoides neglectus
                        Amphiascoides paradebilis
                        Amphiascoides proximus
                        Amphiascoides pygmaea
                        Amphiascoides roberti
                        Amphiascoides robinsoni
                        Amphiascoides rostratus
                        Amphiascoides speciosus
                        Amphiascoides spinulosus
                        Amphiascoides vararensis
                        Amphiascoides nichollsi
                        Amphiascoides walteri
                        Amphiascoides linearis
                    Amphiascus
                    Bulbamphiascus
                    Dactylopodamphiascopsis
                    Diosaccopsis
                    Diosaccus
                    Eoschizopera
                    Haloschizopera
                    Ialysus
                    Metamphiascopsis
                    Paramphiascella
                    Paramphiascopsis
                    Pararobertsonia
                    Protopsammotopa
                    Psammotopa
                    Pseudamphiascopsis
                    Pseudodiosaccopsis
                    Pseudodiosaccus
                    Rhyncholagena
                    Robertgurneya
                    Robertsonia
                    Schizopera
                    Typhlamphiascus
                    Antiboreodiosaccus
                    Parialysus
                    Pholenota
                    Actopsyllus
                    Schizoperoides
                    Balucopsylla
                    Helmutkunzia
                    Paramphiascoides
                    Goffinella
                    Neomiscegenus
                    Tydemanella
                  Amphiascella
                  Beatricella
                  Dactylamphiascopsis
                  Dwightia
                  Paradiosaccus
                  Protoleptastacus
                  Setella
                  Spio
                  Teisseriella
                  Varnaia
                  Sarsamphiascus
                  Monardius
                  Miraciinae
                  Stenheliinae
                Neobradyidae
                Normanellidae
                Novocriniidae
                Orthopsyllidae
                Paramesochridae
                Parastenheliidae
                Parastenocarididae
                Peltidiidae
                Phyllognathopodidae
                Porcellidiidae
                Psammopsyllidae
                Rhizothricidae
                Rotundiclipeidae
                Superornatiremidae
                Tachidiidae
                Tegastidae
                Tetragonicepsidae
                Thalestridae
                Thompsonulidae
                Tisbidae
                Zosimeidae
                Paranannopidae
                Ectinosomidae
                Pseudopeltidiidae
                Pteropsyllidae
                Rhynchothalestridae
                Pseudotachidiidae
                Idyanthidae
                Dactylopusiidae
                Ismardiidae
                Metahuntemanniidae
                Heteropsyllidae
                Parameiropsidae
                Nannopodidae
                Idyaeidae
              Poecilostomatoida
              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
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Protozoa
Bacteria
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