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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                  Cistacythereis
                  Rabilimis
                  Normanicythere
                  Acanthocythereis
                  Basslerites
                  Bosquetina
                  Buntonia
                  Carinocythereis
                  Celtia
                  Costa
                  Echinocythereis
                  Falsocythere
                  Henryhowella
                  Hiltermannicythere
                  Occultocythereis
                  Pterygocythereis
                  Rectobuntonia
                  Robertsonites
                  Trachyleberis
                  Actinocythereis
                  Taracythere
                  Abyssophilos
                  Apatihowella
                  Glencoeleberis
                  Legitimocythere
                  Pseudocythereis
                  Austrotrachyleberis
                  Atlanticythere
                  Cativella
                  Acuticythereis
                  Agrenocythere
                  Ambocythere
                  Proteoconcha
                  Reticulocythereis
                  Thalassocythere
                  Trachyleberidea
                  Abrocythereis
                  Abyssocythere
                  Abyssocythereis
                  Alatahermanites
                  Albileberis
                  Alocopocythere
                  Ambtonia
                      Ambtonia glabra
                      Ambtonia obai
                      Ambtonia tsukui
                  Amphileberis
                  Angolacythereis
                  Arculacythereis
                  Atjehella
                  Argenticytheretta
                  Australimoosella
                  Bathycythere
                  Bicornucythere
                  Brachycythere
                  Bradyon
                  Callocythere
                  Campylocythere
                  Caribella
                  Chavocythere
                  Chukucythere
                  Cletocythereis
                  Clinocythereis
                  Chrysocythere
                  Doratocythere
                  Dutoitella
                  Fallacihowella
                  Falsobuntonia
                  Haughtonileberis
                  Hemikrithe
                  Hemitrachyleberis
                  Heteroconchella
                  Hirsutocythere
                  Idiocythere
                  Indimoosella
                  Keijella
                  Lankacythere
                  Leguminocythereis
                  Mackencythere
                  Moosella
                  Murrayina
                  Mutilus
                  Neocytheretta
                  Oxycythereis
                  Pacambocythere
                  Parakeijella
                  Patrizia
                  Pennyella
                  Phacorhabdotus
                  Philoneptunus
                  Pistocythereis
                  Ponticocythereis
                  Pseudobosquetina
                  Pterygocythere
                  Puricythereis
                  Reymentia
                  Rockallia
                  Rugocythereis
                  Sinoleberis
                  Stigmatocythere
                  Strobilocythere
                  Suhmicythere
                  Tegmenia
                  Venericythere
                  Wichmanella
                  Yajimaina
                  Neocythereis
                  Agulhasina
                  Hyphalocythere
                  Xandarosina
                  Alteratrachyleberis
                  Oertiella
                  Veenia
                  Anebocythereis
                  Arcacythere
                  Aysegulina
                  Limburgina
                  Marwickcythereis
                  Oertliella
                  Anticythereis
                  Paleoabyssocythere
                  Phalcocythere
                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
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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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