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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
                  Amphiascopsis
                  Schizoperopsis
                  Teissierella
                  Miscegenus
                  Microthalestris
                  Mesamphiascus
                  Diosaccinae
                  Amphiascella
                  Beatricella
                  Dactylamphiascopsis
                  Dwightia
                  Paradiosaccus
                  Protoleptastacus
                  Setella
                  Spio
                  Teisseriella
                  Varnaia
                  Sarsamphiascus
                  Monardius
                  Miraciinae
                  Stenheliinae
                    Stenhelia
                      Stenhelia (Delavalia)
                      Stenhelia (Stenhelia)
                      Stenhelia hirsuta
                      Stenhelia palustris
                      Stenhelia divergens
                      Stenhelia gibba
                      Stenhelia inopinata
                      Stenhelia minuta
                      Stenhelia accraensis
                      Stenhelia adriatica
                      Stenhelia elizabethae
                      Stenhelia andamanica
                      Stenhelia arenicola
                      Stenhelia asetosa
                      Stenhelia bermudensis
                      Stenhelia bifidia
                      Stenhelia blanchardi
                      Stenhelia bocqueti
                      Stenhelia brevicornis
                      Stenhelia breviseta
                      Stenhelia coineauae
                      Stenhelia clavus
                      Stenhelia confluens
                      Stenhelia confusa
                      Stenhelia curviseta
                      Stenhelia denticulata
                      Stenhelia dentipes
                      Stenhelia diegensis
                      Stenhelia dispar
                      Stenhelia erythraea
                      Stenhelia fustiger
                      Stenhelia glacialis
                      Stenhelia gracilicaudata
                      Stenhelia hanstromi
                      Stenhelia herdmani
                      Stenhelia hirtipes
                      Stenhelia hispida
                      Stenhelia hyperborea
                      Stenhelia incerta
                      Stenhelia indica
                      Stenhelia intermedia
                      Stenhelia irrasa
                      Stenhelia knoxi
                      Stenhelia krishnensis
                      Stenhelia latioperculata
                      Stenhelia latipes
                      Stenhelia latisetosa
                      Stenhelia lima
                      Stenhelia limicola
                      Stenhelia longicaudata
                          Stenhelia longicaudata finmarchica
                      Stenhelia longicornis
                      Stenhelia longifurca
                      Stenhelia longipilosa
                      Stenhelia longirostris
                      Stenhelia madrasensis
                      Stenhelia magnacaudata
                      Stenhelia mastigochaeta
                      Stenhelia meeki
                      Stenhelia mixta
                      Stenhelia neglecta
                      Stenhelia nuwukensis
                      Stenhelia oblonga
                      Stenhelia ornamentalia
                      Stenhelia ovalis
                      Stenhelia paraclavus
                      Stenhelia peniculata
                      Stenhelia perplexa
                      Stenhelia polluta
                      Stenhelia proxima
                      Stenhelia pygmaea
                      Stenhelia reflexa
                      Stenhelia saharae
                      Stenhelia similis
                      Stenhelia simulans
                      Stenhelia stephensoni
                      Stenhelia tethysensis
                      Stenhelia truncatipes
                      Stenhelia unisetosa
                      Stenhelia valens
                      Stenhelia varians
                      Stenhelia xylophila
                      Stenhelia aemula
                      Stenhelia ima
                      Stenhelia acutirostris
                      Stenhelia arctica
                      Stenhelia cornuta
                      Stenhelia giesbrechti
                      Stenhelia golikovi
                      Stenhelia islandica
                      Stenhelia noodti
                      Stenhelia normani
                      Stenhelia pubescens
                      Stenhelia bisetosa
                      Stenhelia caulerpae
                      Stenhelia schminkei
                      Stenhelia sheni
                      Stenhelia taiae
                      Stenhelia gundulae
                    Cladorostrata
                    Pseudostenhelia
                    Onychostenhelia
                    Melima
                    Anisostenhelia
                    Delavalia
                    Hicksia
                    Muohuysia
                    Cladorostrata
                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