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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 spinifera gravecalcerata
                    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