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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
                  Arenopontia
                      Arenopontia (Arenopontia)
                      Arenopontia (Neoleptastacus)
                      Arenopontia spicata
                      Arenopontia nesaie
                      Arenopontia pontica
                      Arenopontia problematica
                      Arenopontia riedli
                      Arenopontia subterranea
                      Arenopontia acantha
                      Arenopontia africana
                        Arenopontia africana angolensis
                      Arenopontia indica
                      Arenopontia spinicaudata
                      Arenopontia trisetosa
                      Arenopontia accraensis
                      Arenopontia angolensis
                      Arenopontia australis
                      Arenopontia chaufriassei
                      Arenopontia clasingi
                      Arenopontia gussoae
                      Arenopontia huysi
                      Arenopontia ishikariana
                      Arenopontia longiremis
                      Arenopontia ornamenta
                      Arenopontia pacifica
                      Arenopontia phreatica
                      Arenopontia reductaspina
                      Arenopontia secunda
                      Arenopontia speluncae
                      Arenopontia breviarticulata
                      Arenopontia biarticulata
                      Arenopontia dillonbeachia
                      Arenopontia intermedia
                      Arenopontia peteraxi
                      Arenopontia sakagamii
                      Arenopontia arenarida
                      Arenopontia imamurai
                      Arenopontia orientalis
                      Arenopontia spinicaudatus
                      Arenopontia stygia
                  Pararenopontia
                  Neoleptastacus
                  Psammoleptastacus
                  Mesopontia
                  Onychopontia
                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
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera