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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
                Psammopsyllidae
                Rhizothricidae
                Rotundiclipeidae
                Superornatiremidae
                Tachidiidae
                Tegastidae
                Tetragonicepsidae
                Thalestridae
                Thompsonulidae
                Tisbidae
                  Bathyidia
                  Cholidya
                  Cholidyella
                  Sacodiscus
                  Scutellidium
                  Tisbe
                    Tisbe angusta
                    Tisbe aragoi
                    Tisbe battagliai
                    Tisbe bulbisetosa
                    Tisbe clodiensis
                    Tisbe cluthae
                    Tisbe compacta
                    Tisbe cucumariae
                    Tisbe dilatata
                    Tisbe dobzhanskii
                    Tisbe elegantula
                    Tisbe elongata
                    Tisbe ensifer
                    Tisbe finmarchica
                    Tisbe furcata
                    Tisbe gigantea
                    Tisbe gracilis
                    Tisbe graciloides
                    Tisbe histriana
                    Tisbe holothuriae
                    Tisbe inflatiseta
                    Tisbe lagunaris
                    Tisbe longicornis
                    Tisbe longisetosa
                    Tisbe marmorata
                    Tisbe minor
                    Tisbe palaeocrystica
                    Tisbe pentataenia
                    Tisbe perplexa
                    Tisbe persimilis
                    Tisbe pontina
                    Tisbe pori
                    Tisbe reluctans
                    Tisbe remanei
                    Tisbe reticulata
                    Tisbe similis
                    Tisbe tenella
                    Tisbe tenera
                    Tisbe varipes
                    Tisbe wirketissae
                    Tisbe lanci
                    Tisbe armata
                    Tisbe debilis
                    Tisbe gurneyi
                    Tisbe prolata
                    Tisbe spinulosa
                    Tisbe tenuimana
                    Tisbe varians
                    Tisbe acanthifera
                    Tisbe austrina
                    Tisbe bermudensis
                    Tisbe caymanensis
                    Tisbe celata
                    Tisbe coulli
                    Tisbe denticulata
                    Tisbe elanitica
                    Tisbe eurypleura
                    Tisbe gracilipes
                    Tisbe helgolandica
                    Tisbe ianthina
                    Tisbe japonica
                    Tisbe lancii
                    Tisbe longipes
                    Tisbe maraensis
                    Tisbe monozota
                    Tisbe parviseta
                    Tisbe ramphigera
                    Tisbe robusta
                    Tisbe trisetosa
                    Tisbe variana
                    Tisbe wilsoni
                    Tisbe carolinensis
                    Tisbe bocqueti
                    Tisbe barbigera
                    Tisbe biminiensis
                    Tisbe inflata
                    Tisbe ligustica
                    Tisbe pontica
                    Tisbe racovitzai
                    Tisbe remota
                    Tisbe johnsoni
                    Tisbe puelloi
                    Tisbe brigittevolkmannae
                    Tisbe antennulodenticulata
                    Tisbe ensifera
                        Tisbe ensifera indica
                    Tisbe brevicornis
                    Tisbe caspia
                    Tisbe media
                    Tisbe thailandensis
                    Tisbe dahmsi
                    Tisbe alaskensis
                  Aspidiscus
                  Machairopus
                  Tisbintra
                  Aspinothorax
                  Chappaquiddicka
                  Cholydiella
                  Eremopus
                  Genesis
                  Idya
                  Idyaea
                  Idyanthopsis
                  Idyellina
                  Psamathe
                  Scutellopsis
                  Unicalteutha
                  Vulcanoctopusi
                  Aspidiscifera
                  Amplipedicola
                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