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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
          Hymedesmiidae
            Leptosia
            Acanthancora
            Anchinoe
            Hamigera
            Hemimycale
            Hymedesmia
                Hymedesmia inflata
                Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia)
                Hymedesmia (Stylopus)
                Hymedesmia aenigma
                Hymedesmia (Holorodesmia)
                Hymedesmia rhodus
                Hymedesmia flaccida
                Hymedesmia laevissima
                Hymedesmia simplicima
                Hymedesmia indistincta
                Hymedesmia arborescens
                Hymedesmia areolata
                Hymedesmia leptochela
                Hymedesmia lieberkuehni
                Hymedesmia capitatostellifera
                Hymedesmia chondrilloides
                Hymedesmia crassa
                Hymedesmia curvistellifera
                Hymedesmia mixta
                Hymedesmia spinatostellifera
                Hymedesmia stellata
                Hymedesmia stellivarians
                Hymedesmia tristellata
                Hymedesmia unistellata
                Hymedesmia moorei
                Hymedesmia aequata
                Hymedesmia agariciicola
                Hymedesmia anisostrongyloxea
                Hymedesmia antarctica
                Hymedesmia atlantica
                Hymedesmia aurantiaca
                Hymedesmia basiclavata
                Hymedesmia basispinosa
                Hymedesmia bocki
                Hymedesmia bowerbanki
                Hymedesmia brachyrhabda
                Hymedesmia bractea
                Hymedesmia campechiana
                Hymedesmia canadensis
                Hymedesmia caribica
                Hymedesmia castanea
                Hymedesmia chlorosa
                Hymedesmia consanguinea
                Hymedesmia cordichela
                Hymedesmia crelloides
                Hymedesmia curacaoensis
                Hymedesmia curvichela
                Hymedesmia depressa
                Hymedesmia digitata
                Hymedesmia donsi
                Hymedesmia dubia
                Hymedesmia ebria
                Hymedesmia filifera
                Hymedesmia gaussiana
                Hymedesmia gisleni
                Hymedesmia gracilisigma
                Hymedesmia grandis
                Hymedesmia gregalis
                Hymedesmia gunhildae
                Hymedesmia gustafsoni
                Hymedesmia hallmanni
                Hymedesmia helgae
                Hymedesmia hibernica
                Hymedesmia irregularis
                Hymedesmia irritans
                Hymedesmia jamaicensis
                Hymedesmia jugalis
                Hymedesmia lacera
                Hymedesmia lamina
                Hymedesmia lancifera
                Hymedesmia latrunculioides
                Hymedesmia lenta
                Hymedesmia laevis
                Hymedesmia levis
                Hymedesmia lipochela
                Hymedesmia lobichela
                Hymedesmia longistylus
                Hymedesmia longurioides
                Hymedesmia lundbecki
                Hymedesmia macrosigma
                Hymedesmia mannarensis
                Hymedesmia mariondufresni
                Hymedesmia matthesi
                Hymedesmia mertoni
                Hymedesmia microchela
                Hymedesmia microstrongyla
                Hymedesmia minuta
                Hymedesmia mollis
                Hymedesmia mucronata
                Hymedesmia mucronella
                Hymedesmia murrayi
                Hymedesmia mutabilis
                Hymedesmia nigrescens
                Hymedesmia norvegica
                Hymedesmia nummota
                Hymedesmia nummulus
                Hymedesmia occulta
                Hymedesmia omissa
                Hymedesmia orientalis
                Hymedesmia oxneri
                Hymedesmia pachychela
                Hymedesmia palmatichelifera
                Hymedesmia pansa
                Hymedesmia parva
                Hymedesmia parvispicula
                Hymedesmia parvispiculata
                Hymedesmia peachi
                Hymedesmia perforata
                Hymedesmia pilata
                Hymedesmia planca
                Hymedesmia planisigma
                Hymedesmia plicata
                Hymedesmia poicilacantha
                Hymedesmia procumbens
                Hymedesmia prostrata
                Hymedesmia proteida
                Hymedesmia proxima
                Hymedesmia pugio
                Hymedesmia pulposa
                Hymedesmia rissoi
                Hymedesmia rugosa
                Hymedesmia senegalensis
                Hymedesmia serrulata
                Hymedesmia simillima
                Hymedesmia similis
                Hymedesmia spiniarcuata
                Hymedesmia spinosa
                Hymedesmia splenium
                Hymedesmia stephensi
                Hymedesmia storea
                Hymedesmia stylata
                Hymedesmia stylophora
                Hymedesmia tenuicula
                Hymedesmia tenuisigma
                Hymedesmia thielei
                Hymedesmia trichoma
                Hymedesmia truncata
                Hymedesmia uchinourensis
                Hymedesmia unguifera
                Hymedesmia velata
                Hymedesmia verrucosa
                Hymedesmia vomerula
                Hymedesmia zetlandica
                Hymedesmia brondstedi
                Hymedesmia coriacea
                Hymedesmia dermata
                Hymedesmia antarctica
                Hymedesmia fristedti
                Hymedesmia indivisa
                Hymedesmia longurius
                Hymedesmia odhneri
                Hymedesmia primitiva
                Hymedesmia stylifera
                Hymedesmia obtusata
                Hymedesmia dendyi
                Hymedesmia duplicata
                Hymedesmia exigua
                Hymedesmia tenuisclera
                Hymedesmia tenuissima
                Hymedesmia johnsoni
                Hymedesmia inflata
                Hymedesmia radiata
                Hymedesmia polita
                Hymedesmia pennata
                Hymedesmia trigonostellata
                Hymedesmia baculifera
                Hymedesmia similima
                Hymedesmia dujardinii
                Hymedesmia unguiculata
                Hymedesmia coronula
                Hymedesmia versicolor
                Hymedesmia veneta
                Hymedesmia dichela
                Hymedesmia constellata
                Hymedesmia tornotata
                Hymedesmia tenuissima
                Hymedesmia (Ectyodesmia)
                Hymedesmia acerata
                Hymedesmia schmidti
                Hymedesmia pustula
                Hymedesmia koehleri
                Hymedesmia paupertas
                Hymedesmia laevistylus
                Hymedesmia rectirhaphis
                Hymedesmia hallezi
                  Hymedesmia hallezi var. crassa
                Hymedesmia inflata
                Hymedesmia lophastraea
                Hymedesmia crux
                Hymedesmia bonairensis
                Hymedesmia cohesibacilla
                Hymedesmia cratera
                Hymedesmia rathlinia
                Hymedesmia stellifera
                Hymedesmia platychela
                Hymedesmia clavigera
                Hymedesmia fictitia
                Hymedesmia vicaria
                Hymedesmia clavigera
                Hymedesmia mamillaris
                Hymedesmia derjugini
                Hymedesmia tornotoxa
            Hymoxenia
            Phorbas
            Plocamionida
            Plumohalichondria
            Pronax
            Pseudohalichondria
            Spanioplon
            Stylopus
            Stylostichon
            Suberotelites
            Cribrella
            Kirkpatrickia
            Myxodoryx
            Bipocillopsis
            Hymenamphiastra
            Acanthoxa
            Amoibodictya
            Clathrissa
            Hymendectyon
            Lissopocillon
            Merriamium
            Podotuberculum
            Sclerilla
            Stegxella
            Ectyodesmia
            Ectyostylopus
            Ferrerhernandezia
            Poecilochela
            Tylosigma
            Pronaxella
            Hymetrichita
          Iotrochotidae
          Myxillidae
          Tedaniidae
          Anchinoidae
          Desmacidonidae
          Chondropsidae
          Phellodermidae
        Latrunculina
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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