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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
      Asteroidea
        Velatida
        Platyasterida
        Concentricycloidea
        Euclasteroidea
        Forcipulatacea
          Brisingida
          Forcipulatida
            Asteriidae
              Asteracanthion
              Asterias
              Coscinasterias
              Icasterias
              Leptasterias
                Leptasterias (Endogenasterias)
                Leptasterias (Hexasterias)
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica
                      Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica dispar
                      Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica camtschatica
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) coei
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) leptodoma
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) schmidti
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) shantarica
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) hexactis
                    Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polymorpha
                Leptasterias (Leptasterias)
                Leptasterias canuti
                Leptasterias clavispina
                Leptasterias degerboelli
                Leptasterias floccosa
                Leptasterias hispida
                Leptasterias littoralis
                Leptasterias tenera
                Leptasterias austera
                Leptasterias compta
                Leptasterias hispidella
                Leptasterias polaris
                Leptasterias aleutica
                Leptasterias arctica
                Leptasterias asteira
                Leptasterias danica
                Leptasterias derbeki
                Leptasterias derjungini
                Leptasterias fisheri
                Leptasterias granulata
                Leptasterias groenlandica
                Leptasterias hexactis
                Leptasterias ochotensis
                Leptasterias aequalis
                Leptasterias similispinis
                Leptasterias (Nesasterias)
                Leptasterias acervata
                Leptasterias aphelonota
                Leptasterias asiatica
                Leptasterias bartletti
                Leptasterias beringensis
                Leptasterias carinata
                Leptasterias confinis
                Leptasterias cribraria
                Leptasterias crassa
                Leptasterias fascicularis
                Leptasterias epichlora
                Leptasterias epichlora
                Leptasterias hartii
                Leptasterias floccosoides
                Leptasterias glomerata
                Leptasterias hirsuta
                Leptasterias hylodes
                Leptasterias hyperborea
                Leptasterias intermedia
                Leptasterias intermedia
                Leptasterias islandica
                Leptasterias insolens
                Leptasterias kussakini
                Leptasterias leptalea
                Leptasterias macouni
                Leptasterias meridionalis
                Leptasterias mexicana
                Leptasterias obtecta
                Leptasterias orientalis
                Leptasterias polythela
                Leptasterias pribilofensis
                Leptasterias pusilla
                Leptasterias shumaginensis
                Leptasterias siberica
                Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias)
                Leptasterias squamulata
                Leptasterias stolacantha
                Leptasterias subarctica
                Leptasterias tatarica
                Leptasterias truculenta
                Leptasterias ushakovi
                Leptasterias vancouveri
                Leptasterias vinogradovi
                Leptasterias muelleri
                Leptasterias alaskensis
                Leptasterias camtschatica
                Leptasterias coei
                Leptasterias leptodoma
                Leptasterias polymorpha
                Leptasterias schmidti
                Leptasterias dispar
              Lytaster
              Marthasterias
              Sclerasterias
              Stellonia
              Stephanasterias
              Urasterias
              Coronaster
              Orthasterias
              Nanaster
              Uraster
              Allasterias
              Triplasterias
              Parasterias
              Asteracanthium
              Distolasterias
              Eustolasterias
              Eoleptasterias
              Stylasterias
              Diplasterias
              Lysasterias
              Notasterias
              Anasterias
              Caimanaster
              Cryptasterias
              Kenrickaster
              Neosmilaster
              Saliasterias
              Lethasterias
              Perissasterias
              Adelasterias
              Calvasterias
              Pisaster
              Evasterias
              Rathbunaster
              Plazaster
              Meyenaster
              Astrometis
              Astrostole
              Aphanasterias
              Australiaster
              Taranuiaster
              Tarsastrocles
              Uniophora
              Rumbleaster
              Aphelasterias
              Anasterias
              Calasterias
              Coelasterias
              Diplasterias
              Hemiasterias
              Kalyptasterias
              Koehleraster
              Mortensenia
              Autasterias
              Paedasterias
              Parastichaster
              Sporasterias
              Stichorella
              Asteroderma
              Podasterias
              Polyasterias
              Ctenasterias
              Quadraster
              Stenasterias
              Notasteriinae
            Labidiasteridae
            Neomorphasteridae
            Pedicellasteridae
            Zoroasteridae
            Stichasteridae
            Heliasteridae
            Pycnopodiidae
        Valvatacea
        Spinulosacea
      Ophiuroidea
      Stelleroidea
    Echinozoa
  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