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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
                  Acanthochondrites
                  Chondracanthodes
                  Chondracanthus
                    Chondracanthus angustatus
                    Chondracanthus lophii
                    Chondracanthus merluccii
                    Chondracanthus neali
                    Chondracanthus ninnii
                    Chondracanthus nodosus
                    Chondracanthus ornatus
                    Chondracanthus zei
                    Chondracanthus cottunculi
                    Chondracanthus horridus
                    Chondracanthus goldsmidi
                    Chondracanthus abdominalis
                    Chondracanthus annulatus
                    Chondracanthus australis
                    Chondracanthus barnardi
                    Chondracanthus bleekeri
                    Chondracanthus briani
                    Chondracanthus brotulae
                    Chondracanthus bulbosus
                    Chondracanthus clavatus
                    Chondracanthus colligens
                    Chondracanthus congiopodi
                    Chondracanthus cynoglottidis
                    Chondracanthus deltoideus
                    Chondracanthus depressus
                    Chondracanthus distortus
                    Chondracanthus dogieli
                    Chondracanthus elongatus
                    Chondracanthus epachthes
                    Chondracanthus galeritus
                    Chondracanthus genypteri
                    Chondracanthus gibbosus
                    Chondracanthus gracilis
                        Chondracanthus gracilis intermedia
                    Chondracanthus grandigenitalis
                    Chondracanthus heterostichi
                    Chondracanthus irregularis
                    Chondracanthus janebennettae
                    Chondracanthus lepidionis
                    Chondracanthus lepophidii
                    Chondracanthus longicephalus
                    Chondracanthus lotellae
                    Chondracanthus narium
                    Chondracanthus palpifer
                    Chondracanthus phycidis
                    Chondracanthus pingi
                    Chondracanthus pinguis
                    Chondracanthus polymixiae
                    Chondracanthus pusillus
                    Chondracanthus rectangularis
                    Chondracanthus rickettsi
                    Chondracanthus similis
                    Chondracanthus sixteni
                    Chondracanthus slastnicovi
                    Chondracanthus stramineus
                    Chondracanthus theragrae
                    Chondracanthus trilobatus
                    Chondracanthus tuberculatus
                    Chondracanthus williamsoni
                    Chondracanthus wilsoni
                    Chondracanthus yanezi
                    Chondracanthus triventricosus
                    Chondracanthus chilomycteri
                    Chondracanthus cornutus
                    Chondracanthus soleae
                    Chondracanthus psetti
                    Chondracanthus brevicollis
                    Chondracanthus alatus
                    Chondracanthus bifurcatus
                    Chondracanthus crassicornis
                    Chondracanthus delarochiana
                    Chondracanthus dufresnii
                    Chondracanthus flurae
                    Chondracanthus gobinus
                    Chondracanthus gurnardi
                    Chondracanthus laciniatus
                    Chondracanthus laevigatus
                    Chondracanthus larochii
                    Chondracanthus limandae
                    Chondracanthus lisse
                    Chondracanthus macrurus
                    Chondracanthus merlangi
                    Chondracanthus multituberculatus
                    Chondracanthus ophidii
                    Chondracanthus pallidus
                    Chondracanthus quadratus
                    Chondracanthus radiatus
                    Chondracanthus sicyasis
                    Chondracanthus solidus
                    Chondracanthus triglae
                    Chondracanthus xiphiae
                    Chondracanthus chilensis
                    Chondracanthus lophius
                    Chondracanthus shiinoi
                    Chondracanthus laevirajae
                    Chondracanthus parvus
                    Chondracanthus yabei
                    Chondracanthus inflatus
                    Chondracanthus gibbosus
                  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