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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
                Neobradyidae
                Normanellidae
                Novocriniidae
                Orthopsyllidae
                Paramesochridae
                Parastenheliidae
                Parastenocarididae
                Peltidiidae
                Phyllognathopodidae
                Porcellidiidae
                  Porcellidium
                      Porcellidium fimbriatum
                      Porcellidium lecanoides
                      Porcellidium ovatum
                      Porcellidium sarsi
                      Porcellidium tenuicauda
                      Porcellidium viride
                      Porcellidium clavigerum
                      Porcellidium fulvum
                      Porcellidium affine
                      Porcellidium rubrum
                      Porcellidium acuticaudatum
                      Porcellidium affinis
                      Porcellidium algoense
                      Porcellidium australe
                      Porcellidium brevicaudatum
                      Porcellidium charcoti
                      Porcellidium dilatatum
                      Porcellidium echinophilum
                      Porcellidium erythrum
                      Porcellidium fasciatum
                      Porcellidium hartmannorum
                      Porcellidium laurencium
                      Porcellidium malleatum
                      Porcellidium parvulum
                      Porcellidium peniculiferum
                      Porcellidium planum
                      Porcellidium ravanae
                      Porcellidium rotundum
                      Porcellidium tapui
                      Porcellidium trisetosum
                      Porcellidium tristanense
                      Porcellidium tuberculatum
                      Porcellidium ulvum
                      Porcellidium unicus
                      Porcellidium wolfendeni
                      Porcellidium akashimum
                      Porcellidium ofunatense
                      Porcellidium dentatum
                      Porcellidium interruptum
                      Porcellidium scotti
                      Porcellidium scutatum
                      Porcellidium subrotundum
                      Porcellidium aoifuchidorum
                      Porcellidium kiiroum
                      Porcellidium paguri
                      Porcellidium hormosirii
                      Porcellidium ocellum
                      Porcellidium pulchrum
                      Porcellidium erythrogastrum
                      Porcellidium londonii
                      Porcellidium naviculum
                      Porcellidium phyllosporum
                      Porcellidium similis
                      Porcellidium poorei
                      Porcellidium rufolineatus
                      Porcellidium quinquelineatus
                      Porcellidium magna
                      Porcellidium bicincta
                      Porcellidium sesquimaculata
                      Porcellidium aiiroa
                      Porcellidium yoroium
                      Porcellidium viridis
                      Porcellidium bipartitum
                      Porcellidium wandoensis
                      Porcellidium acutum
                      Porcellidium brevicavum
                      Porcellidium gamoi
                  Acutiramus
                  Tectacingulum
                  Murramia
                  Kioloaria
                  Brevifrons
                  Clavigofera
                  Kushia
                  Dilatatiocauda
                  Kensakia
                  Mucrorostrum
                  Thyone
                  Tectacingulum
                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