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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
                Artotrogidae
                Asterocheridae
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                  Advena
                  Albionella
                  Alella
                  Brachiella
                  Charopinus
                  Clavella
                  Clavellisa
                  Clavellistes
                  Clavellodes
                  Clavellotis
                  Eubrachiella
                  Lernaeopoda
                  Lernaeopodina
                  Naobranchia
                  Neobrachiella
                  Ommatokoita
                  Pseudocharopinus
                  Salmincola
                  Schistobrachia
                  Sparidicola
                  Thysanote
                  Vanbenedenia
                  Clavellomimus
                  Dendrapta
                  Clavellopsis
                  Acespadia
                  Anaclavella
                  Anchorella
                  Andropoda
                  Brachiellina
                  Brianella
                  Cestopoda
                  Charopinopsis
                  Cryptova
                  Eobrachiella
                  Epibrachiella
                  Epiclavella
                  Euclavellisa
                  Isobranchia
                  Lernaeopodella
                  Lernaeopodopsis
                  Margolisius
                  Mixtio
                  Nectobrachia
                  Nudiclavella
                  Parabrachiella
                      Parabrachiella australis
                      Parabrachiella incurva
                      Parabrachiella sihama
                      Parabrachiella spinicephala
                      Parabrachiella insidiosa
                      Parabrachiella rostrata
                      Parabrachiella jarai
                      Parabrachiella exilis
                      Parabrachiella amphipacifica
                      Parabrachiella albida
                      Parabrachiella anisotremi
                      Parabrachiella annulata
                      Parabrachiella anserina
                      Parabrachiella auriculata
                      Parabrachiella bera
                      Parabrachiella bispinosa
                      Parabrachiella brevibrachiata
                      Parabrachiella brevicapita
                      Parabrachiella chavesii
                      Parabrachiella chevreuxii
                      Parabrachiella chlorophthalmi
                      Parabrachiella cirrocauda
                      Parabrachiella dentici
                      Parabrachiella dispar
                      Parabrachiella elegans
                      Parabrachiella exigua
                      Parabrachiella fasciata
                      Parabrachiella genypteri
                      Parabrachiella gracilis
                      Parabrachiella gulosa
                      Parabrachiella gymnobrachiata
                      Parabrachiella hoi
                      Parabrachiella hoplognathi
                      Parabrachiella hostilis
                      Parabrachiella hugu
                      Parabrachiella indica
                      Parabrachiella intermedia
                      Parabrachiella johnii
                      Parabrachiella kabatai
                      Parabrachiella lata
                      Parabrachiella lutiani
                      Parabrachiella menticirrhi
                      Parabrachiella merlucci
                      Parabrachiella microdigitata
                      Parabrachiella mirifica
                      Parabrachiella mitrata
                      Parabrachiella mugilis
                      Parabrachiella multifimbriata
                      Parabrachiella nitida
                      Parabrachiella oralis
                      Parabrachiella otolithi
                      Parabrachiella paralichthyos
                      Parabrachiella pinguis
                      Parabrachiella regia
                      Parabrachiella richiardii
                      Parabrachiella robusta
                      Parabrachiella rotunda
                      Parabrachiella sciaenae
                      Parabrachiella septicauda
                      Parabrachiella seriolae
                      Parabrachiella stellifera
                      Parabrachiella sublobulata
                      Parabrachiella superba
                      Parabrachiella supplicans
                      Parabrachiella tetrici
                      Parabrachiella trichiuri
                      Parabrachiella triglae
                      Parabrachiella yongxingensis
                      Parabrachiella impudica
                  Pediculus
                  Probrachiella
                  Proclavellodes
                  Pseudocharopinoides
                  Pseudolernaeopoda
                  Pseudolernaeopodina
                  Pseudolernanthropus
                  Pseudomixtio
                  Schisturus
                  Stylophorus
                  Thomsonella
                  Thynnicola
                  Thysanotella
                  Kabatahoia
                Lernanthropidae
                Megapontiidae
                Micropontiidae
                Nanaspididae
                Nicothoidae
                Pandaridae
                Pennellidae
                Pontoeciellidae
                Pseudocycnidae
                Rataniidae
                Sphyriidae
                Sponginticolidae
                Spongiocnizontidae
                Trebiidae
                Ascomyzontidae
                Calvocheridae
                Dissonidae
                Naobranchiidae
                Pennillidae
                Pontopsyllidae
                Amaterasidae
                Choniostomatidae
                Pseudohatschekiidae
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      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