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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
              Agonidae
              Cottidae
              Cyclopteridae
              Dactylopteridae
              Peristediidae
              Platycephalidae
              Psychrolutidae
              Scorpaenidae
              Sebastidae
              Setarchidae
              Triglidae
              Liparidae
                Careproctus
                Liparis
                Paraliparis
                  Paraliparis abyssorum
                  Paraliparis bathybius
                  Paraliparis bipolaris
                  Paraliparis challengeri
                  Paraliparis edwardsi
                  Paraliparis hystrix
                  Paraliparis membranaceus
                  Paraliparis murieli
                  Paraliparis calidus
                  Paraliparis copei
                  Paraliparis garmani
                  Paraliparis vaillanti
                  Paraliparis australis
                  Paraliparis gracilis
                  Paraliparis neelovi
                  Paraliparis leucogaster
                  Paraliparis incognita
                  Paraliparis fuscolingua
                  Paraliparis macrocephalus
                  Paraliparis devriesi
                  Paraliparis mawsoni
                  Paraliparis stehmanni
                  Paraliparis diploprora
                  Paraliparis thalassobathyalis
                      Paraliparis thalassobathyalis meteorensis
                  Paraliparis valentinae
                  Paraliparis obliquosus
                  Paraliparis duhameli
                  Paraliparis andriashevi
                  Paraliparis rossi
                  Paraliparis tompkinsae
                  Paraliparis meganchus
                  Paraliparis somovi
                  Paraliparis trilobodon
                  Paraliparis orcadensis
                  Paraliparis balgueriasi
                  Paraliparis operculosus
                  Paraliparis tetrapteryx
                  Paraliparis cerasinus
                  Paraliparis leucoglossus
                  Paraliparis monoporus
                  Paraliparis albeolus
                  Paraliparis albescens
                  Paraliparis antarcticus
                  Paraliparis anthracinus
                  Paraliparis aspersus
                  Paraliparis ater
                  Paraliparis atramentatus
                  Paraliparis atrolabiatus
                  Paraliparis attenuatus
                  Paraliparis auriculatus
                  Paraliparis australiensis
                  Paraliparis avellaneus
                  Paraliparis badius
                  Paraliparis brunneocaudatus
                  Paraliparis brunneus
                  Paraliparis carlbondi
                  Paraliparis cephalus
                  Paraliparis charcoti
                  Paraliparis coracinus
                  Paraliparis costatus
                  Paraliparis csiroi
                  Paraliparis dactyloides
                  Paraliparis dactylosus
                  Paraliparis darwini
                  Paraliparis deani
                  Paraliparis debueni
                  Paraliparis delphis
                  Paraliparis dewitti
                  Paraliparis dipterus
                  Paraliparis eastmani
                  Paraliparis eltanini
                  Paraliparis entochloris
                  Paraliparis fimbriatus
                  Paraliparis galapagosensis
                  Paraliparis gomoni
                  Paraliparis grandis
                  Paraliparis hobarti
                  Paraliparis holomelas
                  Paraliparis hubbsi
                  Paraliparis hureaui
                  Paraliparis impariporus
                  Paraliparis infeliciter
                  Paraliparis kreffti
                  Paraliparis labiatus
                  Paraliparis lasti
                  Paraliparis latifrons
                  Paraliparis leobergi
                  Paraliparis liparinus
                  Paraliparis mandibularis
                  Paraliparis megalopus
                  Paraliparis melanobranchus
                  Paraliparis mento
                  Paraliparis meridionalis
                  Paraliparis merodontus
                  Paraliparis molinai
                  Paraliparis nassarum
                  Paraliparis obtusirostris
                  Paraliparis paucidens
                  Paraliparis pectoralis
                  Paraliparis piceus
                  Paraliparis plagiostomus
                  Paraliparis retrodorsalis
                  Paraliparis rosaceus
                  Paraliparis skeliphrus
                  Paraliparis tasmaniensis
                  Paraliparis trunovi
                  Paraliparis ulochir
                  Paraliparis violaceus
                  Paraliparis acutidens
                  Paraliparis kocki
                  Paraliparis mexicanus
                  Paraliparis porcus
                  Paraliparis wolffi
                  Paraliparis adustus
                  Paraliparis bullacephalus
                  Paraliparis nigellus
                Psednos
                Rhodichthys
                Acantholiparis
                Allocareproctus
                Crystallias
                Crystallichthys
                Eknomoliparis
                Elassodiscus
                Gyrinichthys
                Lipariscus
                Lopholiparis
                Menziesichthys
                Nectoliparis
                Odontoliparis
                Osteodiscus
                Palmoliparis
                Polypera
                Praematoliparis
                Prognatholiparis
                Pseudoliparis
                Pseudonotoliparis
                Rhinoliparis
                Squaloliparis
                Temnocora
                Amitra
                Bathyphasma
                Cyclogaster
                Enantioliparis
                Gymnolycodes
                Neoliparis
                Prognurus
                Trismegistus
                Loparis
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera