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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
    Polyplacophora
      Neoloricata
        Lepidopleurida
          Lepidopleurina
            Leptochitonidae
              Lepidopleurus
              Leptochiton
                Leptochiton africanus
                Leptochiton algesirensis
                Leptochiton alveolus
                Leptochiton arcticus
                Leptochiton asellus
                Leptochiton bedullii
                Leptochiton cancellatus
                Leptochiton cimicoides
                Leptochiton compostellanum
                Leptochiton gascognensis
                Leptochiton geronensis
                Leptochiton leloupi
                Leptochiton odhneri
                Leptochiton pseudogloriosus
                Leptochiton rarinotus
                Leptochiton sarsi
                Leptochiton scabridus
                Leptochiton tenuis
                Leptochiton thalattius
                Leptochiton xanthus
                Leptochiton belknapi
                Leptochiton intermedius
                Leptochiton albus
                Leptochiton boettgeri
                Leptochiton troncosoi
                Leptochiton pepezamorai
                Leptochiton rugatus
                Leptochiton assimilis
                Leptochiton (Leptochiton)
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) vaubani
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) perscitus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) permodestus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) micropustulosus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) meiringae
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) kurnilatus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) gloriosus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) dispersus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) deecresswellae
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) cancelloides
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) amsterdamensis
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) americanus
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) compostellanum
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) gascognensis
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) geronensis
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) pepezamorai
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) thalattius
                    Leptochiton (Leptochiton) troncosoi
                Leptochiton aequispinus
                Leptochiton alascensis
                Leptochiton albemarlensis
                Leptochiton americanus
                Leptochiton amsterdamensis
                Leptochiton ater
                Leptochiton badius
                Leptochiton batialis
                Leptochiton bednalli
                Leptochiton benthedi
                Leptochiton binghami
                Leptochiton boucheti
                Leptochiton cancelloides
                Leptochiton chariessa
                Leptochiton collusor
                Leptochiton columnarius
                Leptochiton darioi
                Leptochiton deecresswellae
                Leptochiton deforgesi
                Leptochiton denhartogi
                Leptochiton dispersus
                Leptochiton fairchildi
                Leptochiton finlayi
                Leptochiton foresti
                Leptochiton fuliginatus
                Leptochiton gloriosus
                Leptochiton habei
                Leptochiton hakodatensis
                Leptochiton hirasei
                Leptochiton hiriensis
                Leptochiton incongruus
                Leptochiton inquinatus
                Leptochiton japonicus
                Leptochiton juvenis
                Leptochiton kaasi
                Leptochiton kerguelensis
                Leptochiton kurnilatus
                Leptochiton latidens
                Leptochiton liratellus
                Leptochiton liratus
                Leptochiton lukini
                Leptochiton matthewsianus
                Leptochiton medinae
                Leptochiton meiringae
                Leptochiton micropustulosus
                Leptochiton nexus
                Leptochiton nierstraszi
                Leptochiton norfolcensis
                Leptochiton okamurai
                Leptochiton otagoensis
                Leptochiton pergranatus
                Leptochiton permodestus
                Leptochiton perscitus
                Leptochiton rarinota
                Leptochiton rissoi
                Leptochiton saitoi
                Leptochiton seishinmaruae
                Leptochiton sperandus
                Leptochiton subantarcticus
                Leptochiton surugensis
                Leptochiton sykesi
                Leptochiton tenuidontus
                Leptochiton thandari
                Leptochiton torishimensis
                Leptochiton vanbellei
                Leptochiton vaubani
                Leptochiton vietnamensis
                Leptochiton vitjazae
                Leptochiton curvatus
                Leptochiton belgicae
                Leptochiton cessaci
                Leptochiton sererorum
                Leptochiton algesirensis
                Leptochiton longispinus
                Leptochiton laurae
                Leptochiton bergenhayni
                Leptochiton muelleri
              Parachiton
              Lepidopleura
              Oldroydia
              Terenochiton
            Hanleyidae
            Ferreiraellidae
            Nierstraszellidae
            Protochitonidae
        Chitonida
    Gastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  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
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