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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
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                  Acetabulastoma
                  Cytherois
                  Paracythere
                  Paracytherois
                  Paradoxostoma
                    Paradoxostoma abbreviata
                    Paradoxostoma acuminatum
                    Paradoxostoma amygdaloides
                    Paradoxostoma angliorum
                    Paradoxostoma angustum
                    Paradoxostoma arcticum
                    Paradoxostoma atrum
                    Paradoxostoma bradyi
                    Paradoxostoma breve
                    Paradoxostoma caecum
                    Paradoxostoma chamberlaini
                    Paradoxostoma curtum
                    Paradoxostoma cylindricum
                    Paradoxostoma ensiforme
                    Paradoxostoma fleetense
                    Paradoxostoma hibernicum
                    Paradoxostoma hodgii
                    Paradoxostoma incongruens
                    Paradoxostoma insigne
                    Paradoxostoma intermedium
                    Paradoxostoma maculatum
                    Paradoxostoma mediterraneum
                    Paradoxostoma nealei
                    Paradoxostoma normani
                    Paradoxostoma obliquum
                    Paradoxostoma ornata
                    Paradoxostoma parallelum
                    Paradoxostoma planum
                    Paradoxostoma ponticum
                    Paradoxostoma porlockense
                    Paradoxostoma pulchellum
                    Paradoxostoma rarum
                    Paradoxostoma robinhoodi
                    Paradoxostoma rostratum
                    Paradoxostoma rubrum
                    Paradoxostoma sarniense
                    Paradoxostoma simile
                    Paradoxostoma striatum
                    Paradoxostoma taeniatum
                    Paradoxostoma tenuissimum
                    Paradoxostoma trieri
                    Paradoxostoma triste
                    Paradoxostoma variabile
                    Paradoxostoma versicolor
                    Paradoxostoma antarcticum
                    Paradoxostoma gracilis
                    Paradoxostoma hypselum
                    Paradoxostoma kerguelensis
                    Paradoxostoma suedshetlandensis
                    Paradoxostoma acuticaudatum
                    Paradoxostoma acutiusculum
                    Paradoxostoma adenensis
                    Paradoxostoma albaniense
                    Paradoxostoma affine
                    Paradoxostoma angolensis
                    Paradoxostoma angustissimum
                    Paradoxostoma antiborealis
                    Paradoxostoma assimile
                    Paradoxostoma augustensis
                    Paradoxostoma auritum
                    Paradoxostoma ballistica
                    Paradoxostoma berberensis
                    Paradoxostoma bifalculatum
                    Paradoxostoma brevicaudatum
                    Paradoxostoma brunneum
                    Paradoxostoma caeruleum
                    Paradoxostoma carinaspinosa
                    Paradoxostoma caudatum
                    Paradoxostoma chiawonga
                    Paradoxostoma commune
                    Paradoxostoma convexum
                    Paradoxostoma crassicaudatum
                    Paradoxostoma crustaecola
                    Paradoxostoma crustaecolum
                    Paradoxostoma decima
                    Paradoxostoma delicatum
                    Paradoxostoma deltoideum
                    Paradoxostoma devaneyi
                    Paradoxostoma dispar
                    Paradoxostoma elegans
                    Paradoxostoma esperancensis
                    Paradoxostoma evansheadense
                    Paradoxostoma exmouthensis
                    Paradoxostoma ezoense
                    Paradoxostoma flaccidum
                    Paradoxostoma fuscum
                    Paradoxostoma fluctusbenguelensis
                    Paradoxostoma fuscumaculosum
                    Paradoxostoma gantheaumensis
                    Paradoxostoma geraldtonensis
                        Paradoxostoma geraldtonensis australis
                    Paradoxostoma goodebeachensis
                    Paradoxostoma gracilloideum
                    Paradoxostoma griseum
                    Paradoxostoma guildertonensis
                    Paradoxostoma guttatum
                    Paradoxostoma hanhuai
                    Paradoxostoma hartmanni
                    Paradoxostoma heronislandensis
                    Paradoxostoma hoppei
                    Paradoxostoma horrocksensis
                    Paradoxostoma hurgadensis
                    Paradoxostoma imaginarium
                    Paradoxostoma kangarooinsulensis
                    Paradoxostoma kauaiensis
                    Paradoxostoma kunzi
                    Paradoxostoma kurilense
                    Paradoxostoma latimarginatum
                    Paradoxostoma limbaughi
                    Paradoxostoma lizardensis
                    Paradoxostoma longicaudatum
                    Paradoxostoma luederitzensis
                    Paradoxostoma martinsi
                    Paradoxostoma maxillulahamatum
                    Paradoxostoma migrantum
                    Paradoxostoma mimicus
                    Paradoxostoma minimum
                    Paradoxostoma novaecaledoniae
                    Paradoxostoma obtusum
                    Paradoxostoma oshoroense
                    Paradoxostoma ovaliphylla
                    Paradoxostoma ovatum
                    Paradoxostoma paichihiae
                    Paradoxostoma paenearcuatum
                    Paradoxostoma parallelicostatum
                    Paradoxostoma parameco
                    Paradoxostoma pararcuatum
                    Paradoxostoma paravespornatum
                    Paradoxostoma phaeophycicola
                    Paradoxostoma pharibroomensis
                    Paradoxostoma pilosum
                    Paradoxostoma porthedlandensis
                    Paradoxostoma posterotruncatum
                    Paradoxostoma punctumlonsdalensis
                    Paradoxostoma promunturiumphysicicotum
                    Paradoxostoma propearcuatum
                    Paradoxostoma reflexum
                    Paradoxostoma retusum
                    Paradoxostoma romei
                    Paradoxostoma rotundatum
                    Paradoxostoma salvadorianus
                    Paradoxostoma semilunare
                    Paradoxostoma setoense
                    Paradoxostoma sohni
                    Paradoxostoma stichkini
                    Paradoxostoma striungulum
                    Paradoxostoma tabulata
                    Paradoxostoma taiwanica
                    Paradoxostoma tauricum
                    Paradoxostoma trapezoideum
                    Paradoxostoma triviale
                    Paradoxostoma tumidiuscutum
                    Paradoxostoma vespornatum
                    Paradoxostoma wallarooensis
                    Paradoxostoma weberi
                    Paradoxostoma wirtzi
                    Paradoxostoma wuenschei
                    Paradoxostoma yallingupensis
                    Paradoxostoma affine
                    Paradoxostoma reniformis
                    Paradoxostoma abbreviatum
                    Paradoxostoma sanctpauli
                    Paradoxostoma fuegensis
                    Paradoxostoma dolichoforma
                    Paradoxostoma islagrandensis
                    Paradoxostoma magnoventosa
                    Paradoxostoma parvitenuis
                    Paradoxostoma gaini
                    Paradoxostoma magellanica
                  Redekea
                  Sclerochilus
                  Nodoconcha
                  Pseudeucythere
                  Boreostoma
                  Austroparadoxostoma
                  Bradystoma
                  Brunneostoma
                  Calcarostoma
                  Chejudocythere
                  Flabellicytherois
                  Glyphidocythere
                  Lanceostoma
                  Neopellucistoma
                  Obesostoma
                  Pontostoma
                  Triangulostoma
                  Violacytherois
                  Xiphichilus
                  Echinositus
                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
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