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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 lecanoides roscoffensis
                    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