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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                  Parahemingwayella
                  Typhlocythere
                  Cytheropteron
                  Cytherura
                  Eucytherura
                  Hemicytherura
                  Kangarina
                  Microcytherura
                  Pedicythere
                  Pseudocytherura
                  Semicytherura
                      Semicytherura abdita
                      Semicytherura acuminata
                      Semicytherura acuta
                      Semicytherura acuticostata
                      Semicytherura aenariensis
                      Semicytherura affinis
                      Semicytherura alifera
                      Semicytherura amorpha
                      Semicytherura angulata
                      Semicytherura brachyptera
                      Semicytherura concentrica
                      Semicytherura cornuta
                      Semicytherura costata
                      Semicytherura cribiformis
                      Semicytherura diafora
                      Semicytherura dispar
                      Semicytherura heinzei
                      Semicytherura incongruens
                      Semicytherura inversa
                      Semicytherura kaloderma
                      Semicytherura mediterranea
                      Semicytherura nigrescens
                      Semicytherura occulta
                      Semicytherura paradoxa
                      Semicytherura pontica
                      Semicytherura producta
                      Semicytherura psila
                      Semicytherura punctata
                      Semicytherura quadratovolatilis
                      Semicytherura quadridentata
                      Semicytherura rara
                      Semicytherura rarecostata
                      Semicytherura reticulata
                      Semicytherura robusta
                      Semicytherura ruggierii
                      Semicytherura sella
                      Semicytherura similis
                      Semicytherura simplex
                      Semicytherura stilifera
                      Semicytherura striata
                      Semicytherura sulcata
                      Semicytherura tela
                      Semicytherura tergestina
                      Semicytherura trachina
                      Semicytherura undata
                      Semicytherura ventricosa
                      Semicytherura glaseri
                      Semicytherura inconspicua
                      Semicytherura mainensis
                      Semicytherura kazahana
                      Semicytherura sasameyuki
                      Semicytherura slipperi
                      Semicytherura clavata
                      Semicytherura closteria
                      Semicytherura costellata
                      Semicytherura doumerense
                      Semicytherura notalis
                      Semicytherura complanata
                      Semicytherura rudis
                      Semicytherura anacompressa
                      Semicytherura angusta
                      Semicytherura arteria
                      Semicytherura balrogi
                      Semicytherura bertelsae
                      Semicytherura biciemmei
                      Semicytherura bidens
                      Semicytherura boatswainensis
                      Semicytherura borneoensis
                      Semicytherura brevifistulosa
                      Semicytherura calabra
                      Semicytherura calamitica
                      Semicytherura caudata
                      Semicytherura chiafui
                      Semicytherura chungyuan
                      Semicytherura cochlearis
                      Semicytherura compressa
                      Semicytherura cooki
                      Semicytherura cryptifera
                      Semicytherura daishakaensis
                      Semicytherura dayi
                      Semicytherura dimorpha
                      Semicytherura elongata
                      Semicytherura euxinica
                      Semicytherura exserta
                      Semicytherura favorum
                      Semicytherura hanaii
                      Semicytherura geraldtonensis
                      Semicytherura gerlachi
                      Semicytherura henryhowei
                      Semicytherura hexagona
                      Semicytherura hiberna
                      Semicytherura illerti
                      Semicytherura indonesiaensis
                      Semicytherura insularkangarooensis
                      Semicytherura janinae
                      Semicytherura johnsonoides
                      Semicytherura kaethehojjmannae
                      Semicytherura laconica
                      Semicytherura marcida
                      Semicytherura minaminipponica
                      Semicytherura minucostata
                      Semicytherura miurensis
                      Semicytherura muelleri
                      Semicytherura mukaishimensis
                      Semicytherura nasuta
                      Semicytherura paenenuda
                      Semicytherura panhui
                      Semicytherura parallelocostata
                      Semicytherura pauciornata
                      Semicytherura polygonoreticulata
                      Semicytherura pulchra
                      Semicytherura quadraplana
                      Semicytherura rapanuiensis
                      Semicytherura reticuliforma
                      Semicytherura rugosoreticulata
                      Semicytherura sandbergi
                      Semicytherura sericava
                      Semicytherura spinifera
                      Semicytherura subundata
                      Semicytherura tenuireticulata
                      Semicytherura virgata
                      Semicytherura wakamurasaki
                      Semicytherura yajimae
                      Semicytherura zhoui
                      Semicytherura elongata
                      Semicytherura maxima
                      Semicytherura ikeyai
                      Semicytherura challengerae
                      Semicytherura clandestina
                      Semicytherura coeca
                  Tetracytherura
                  Cytherurinae
                  Aversovalva
                  Oculocytheropteron
                  Loxoreticulatum
                  Pelecocythere
                  Howeina
                  Swainocythere
                  Heinzmalzina
                  Hemiparacytheridea
                  Kobayashiina
                  Levocytherura
                  Lobosocytheropteron
                  Meganopteron
                  Microceratina
                  Nearocytherura
                  Paracytheropteron
                  Rimacytheropteron
                  Serrocytherura
                  Xylocythere
                  Hemingwayella
                  Eocytheropteron
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                Xestoleberididae
                Xestoleberidae
                Terrestricytheridae
                Entocytheridae
                Australocytherideidae
                Cobanocytheridae
                Cytheralisonidae
                Kliellidae
                Osticytheridae
                Paracytheridae
                Parvocytheridae
                Pectocytheridae
                Protocytheridae
                Psammocytheridae
                Saididae
                Schizocytheridae
                Speluncellidae
                Thaerocytheridae
                Bonaducecytheridae
                Progonocytheridae
                Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        Palaeocopa
      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