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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
        Clionidae
        Hemiasterellidae
        Placospongiidae
        Polymastiidae
        Spirastrellidae
        Stylocordylidae
        Suberitidae
        Tethyidae
          Tethea
          Halicometes
          Tethya
            Tethya aurantium
            Tethya citrina
            Tethya cranium
            Tethya norvegica
            Tethya sibirica
            Tethya zetlandica
            Tethya nux
            Tethya actinia
            Tethya acuta
            Tethya amplexa
            Tethya andamanensis
            Tethya asbestella
            Tethya bergquistae
            Tethya boeroi
            Tethya brasiliana
            Tethya bullae
            Tethya burtoni
            Tethya californiana
            Tethya coccinea
            Tethya communis
            Tethya comorensis
            Tethya cyanae
            Tethya deformis
            Tethya dendyi
            Tethya densa
            Tethya diploderma
            Tethya ensis
            Tethya expansa
            Tethya fastigiata
            Tethya fissurata
            Tethya flexuosa
            Tethya gigantea
            Tethya gracilis
            Tethya gunni
            Tethya hooperi
            Tethya ignis
            Tethya ingalli
            Tethya japonica
            Tethya koreana
            Tethya laevis
            Tethya levii
            Tethya magna
            Tethya maza
            Tethya mexicana
            Tethya microstella
            Tethya minuta
            Tethya monstrosa
            Tethya mortoni
            Tethya multifida
            Tethya multistella
            Tethya novaecaledoniae
            Tethya omanensis
            Tethya ornata
            Tethya orphei
            Tethya ovum
            Tethya papillosa
            Tethya paroxeata
            Tethya parvistella
            Tethya pellis
            Tethya peracuta
            Tethya popae
            Tethya pulchra
            Tethya pulitzeri
            Tethya robusta
            Tethya rubra
            Tethya sarai
            Tethya seychellensis
            Tethya simi
            Tethya socius
            Tethya sollasi
            Tethya stellagrandis
            Tethya stellodermis
            Tethya stolonifera
            Tethya strongylata
            Tethya taboga
            Tethya tasmaniae
            Tethya tenuisclera
            Tethya topsenti
            Tethya varians
            Tethya wilhelma
            Tethya stipitata
            Tethya lyncurium
            Tethya arabica
            Tethya gladius
            Tethya sansibarica
            Tethya casula
            Tethya dactyloidea
            Tethya hebes
            Tethya affinis
            Tethya inflata
            Tethya morum
            Tethya amamensis
            Tethya australis
            Tethya cliftoni
            Tethya corticata
            Tethya globostellata
            Tethya limski
            Tethya microstella
            Tethya philipensis
            Tethya repens
            Tethya pulvinata
            Tethya innocens
            Tethya penicilliformis
            Tethya merguiensis
            Tethya abyssorum
            Tethya atropurpurea
            Tethya crassispicula
            Tethya infrequens
            Tethya serica
            Tethya vestita
            Tethya gravata
            Tethya stylifera
            Tethya unca
            Tethya antarctica
            Tethya australiensis
            Tethya cavernosa
            Tethya robusta
            Tethya armata
            Tethya gemmiformis
            Tethya bistellata
            Tethya cometes
            Tethya caudata
            Tethya lacunata
            Tethya sagitta
            Tethya viridis
            Tethya compacta
            Tethya oscari
            Tethya rubra
            Tethya carnosus
            Tethya aurantia
                Tethya aurantia var. californiana
            Tethya irregularis
            Tethya hibernica
            Tethya uljinensis
            Tethya clavigera
            Tethya crypta
            Tethya songakensis
            Tethya globum
            Tethya coactifera
            Tethya leysae
            Tethya beatrizae
            Tethya nicolae
            Tethya parvula
            Tethya solangae
          Alcyonium
          Anthotethya
          Burtonitethya
          Columnitis
          Laxotethya
          Nucleotethya
          Oxytethya
          Stellitethya
          Tectitethya
          Tethyastra
          Tethycometes
          Tethytimea
          Xenospongia
          Donatia
          Taboga
          Tethycordyla
          Tethyorraphis
          Tethyorrhaphis
          Amniscos
          Alemo
          Tethyum
        Timeidae
        Acanthochaetetidae
        Clionaidae
        Trachycladidae
        Stelligeridae
        Donatiidae
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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