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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
                  Apodopsyllus
                  Diarthrodella
                  Kliopsyllus
                    Kliopsyllus atlanticus
                    Kliopsyllus coelebs
                    Kliopsyllus constrictus
                    Kliopsyllus holsaticus
                    Kliopsyllus laurenticus
                    Kliopsyllus longifurcatus
                    Kliopsyllus major
                    Kliopsyllus masryi
                    Kliopsyllus miguelensis
                    Kliopsyllus paraholsaticus
                    Kliopsyllus perharidiensis
                    Kliopsyllus ponticus
                    Kliopsyllus pygmaeus
                    Kliopsyllus similis
                    Kliopsyllus andeep
                    Kliopsyllus abyssalis
                    Kliopsyllus acutifurcatus
                    Kliopsyllus californicus
                    Kliopsyllus chilensis
                    Kliopsyllus debilis
                    Kliopsyllus idiotes
                    Kliopsyllus insularis
                    Kliopsyllus minutus
                    Kliopsyllus panamensis
                    Kliopsyllus regulexstans
                    Kliopsyllus spiniger
                        Kliopsyllus spiniger ornatus
                        Kliopsyllus spiniger spiniger
                    Kliopsyllus unguiseta
                    Kliopsyllus arenicolus
                    Kliopsyllus capensis
                    Kliopsyllus enalius
                    Kliopsyllus furcavaricatus
                    Kliopsyllus gigas
                    Kliopsyllus gracilis
                    Kliopsyllus longisetosus
                    Kliopsyllus psammobiontus
                    Kliopsyllus psammophilus
                    Kliopsyllus pseudogracilis
                    Kliopsyllus runtzi
                    Kliopsyllus wilsoni
                    Kliopsyllus minutus
                    Kliopsyllus diva
                    Kliopsyllus acutatus
                    Kliopsyllus minor
                    Kliopsyllus brevicaudatus
                    Kliopsyllus schminkei
                  Leptopsyllus
                  Meiopsyllus
                  Paramesochra
                  Remanea
                  Scottopsyllus
                  Wellsopsyllus
                  Intermedopsyllus
                  Emertonia
                  Kleiopsyllus
                  Krishnapsyllus
                  Paraleptosyllus
                  Singularia
                  Apodopsyllus
                  Kliopsyllus
                  Scottopsyllus
                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