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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 platycephali alatalongicollis
                        Acanthochondria platycephali gemina
                    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