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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
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                    Galatheidae
                    Porcellanidae
                      Pisidia
                      Porcellana
                      Polyonyx
                      Pachycheles
                      Porcellanella
                      Neopetrolisthes
                      Petrolisthes
                        Petrolisthes asiaticus
                        Petrolisthes boscii
                        Petrolisthes leptocheles
                        Petrolisthes trivirgatus
                        Petrolisthes carinipes
                        Petrolisthes ornatus
                        Petrolisthes decacanthus
                        Petrolisthes militaris
                        Petrolisthes moluccensis
                        Petrolisthes coccineus
                        Petrolisthes virgatus
                        Petrolisthes pubescens
                        Petrolisthes tomentosus
                        Petrolisthes lamarckii
                        Petrolisthes rufescens
                        Petrolisthes marginatus
                        Petrolisthes sanmartini
                        Petrolisthes bolivarensis
                        Petrolisthes bifidus
                        Petrolisthes hispaniolensis
                        Petrolisthes armatus
                            Petrolisthes armatus var. pallidus
                        Petrolisthes elongatus
                        Petrolisthes aegyptiacus
                        Petrolisthes bispinosus
                        Petrolisthes celebesensis
                        Petrolisthes donanensis
                        Petrolisthes eldredgei
                        Petrolisthes elegans
                        Petrolisthes fimbriatus
                        Petrolisthes haplodactylus
                        Petrolisthes heterochrous
                        Petrolisthes japonicus
                        Petrolisthes kranjiensis
                        Petrolisthes limicola
                        Petrolisthes masakii
                        Petrolisthes mesodactylon
                        Petrolisthes miyakei
                        Petrolisthes nanshensis
                        Petrolisthes novaezelandiae
                        Petrolisthes obtusifrons
                        Petrolisthes perdecorus
                        Petrolisthes squamanus
                        Petrolisthes trilobatus
                        Petrolisthes unilobatus
                        Petrolisthes borradailei
                        Petrolisthes extremus
                        Petrolisthes haswelli
                        Petrolisthes scabriculus
                        Petrolisthes teres
                        Petrolisthes amoenus
                        Petrolisthes caribensis
                        Petrolisthes galathinus
                        Petrolisthes jugosus
                        Petrolisthes politus
                        Petrolisthes quadratus
                        Petrolisthes columbiensis
                        Petrolisthes dissimulatus
                        Petrolisthes gertrudae
                        Petrolisthes lindae
                        Petrolisthes magdalenensis
                        Petrolisthes robsonae
                        Petrolisthes rosariensis
                        Petrolisthes tonsorius
                        Petrolisthes tridentatus
                        Petrolisthes agassizii
                        Petrolisthes artifrons
                        Petrolisthes brachycarpus
                        Petrolisthes cabrilloi
                        Petrolisthes cinctipes
                        Petrolisthes cocoensis
                        Petrolisthes crenulatus
                        Petrolisthes desmarestii
                        Petrolisthes donadio
                        Petrolisthes edwardsii
                        Petrolisthes eriomerus
                        Petrolisthes galapagensis
                        Petrolisthes glasselli
                        Petrolisthes gracilis
                        Petrolisthes granulosus
                        Petrolisthes haigae
                        Petrolisthes hians
                        Petrolisthes hirtipes
                        Petrolisthes hirtispinosus
                        Petrolisthes holotrichus
                        Petrolisthes laevigatus
                        Petrolisthes lewisi
                        Petrolisthes manimaculis
                        Petrolisthes nigrunguiculatus
                        Petrolisthes nobilii
                        Petrolisthes ortmanni
                        Petrolisthes platymerus
                        Petrolisthes polymitus
                        Petrolisthes rathbunae
                        Petrolisthes sanfelipensis
                        Petrolisthes schmitti
                        Petrolisthes tiburonensis
                        Petrolisthes tuberculatus
                        Petrolisthes tuberculosus
                        Petrolisthes violaceus
                        Petrolisthes zacae
                        Petrolisthes melini
                        Petrolisthes monodi
                        Petrolisthes costai
                        Petrolisthes reissi
                        Petrolisthes gibbosicarpus
                        Petrolisthes serratus
                        Petrolisthes similis
                        Petrolisthes iheringi
                        Petrolisthes leporinoides
                        Petrolisthes yaeyamensis
                        Petrolisthes rugosus
                        Petrolisthes amakusensis
                        Petrolisthes cabrilloa
                        Petrolisthes nipponensis
                        Petrolisthes occidentalis
                        Petrolisthes occidentalis
                        Petrolisthes brasiliensis
                        Petrolisthes gracilis
                        Petrolisthes tenkatei
                        Petrolisthes marginatus
                        Petrolisthes cecoci
                        Petrolisthes annulipes
                        Petrolisthes stewarti
                        Petrolisthes varicolor
                        Petrolisthes rathbunae
                        Petrolisthes felipensis
                        Petrolisthes inermis
                        Petrolisthes tridentatus
                      Aliaporcellana
                      Capilliporcellana
                      Enosteoides
                      Heteropolyonyx
                      Lissoporcellana
                      Petrocheles
                      Novorostrum
                      Raphidopus
                      Eulenaios
                      Pseudoporcellanella
                      Ancylocheles
                      Heteroporcellana
                      Allopetrolisthes
                      Clastotoechus
                      Euceramus
                      Liopetrolisthes
                      Madarateuchus
                      Megalobrachium
                      Neopisosoma
                      Parapetrolisthes
                      Minyocerus
                      Orthochela
                      Ulloaia
                      Porcellanopsis
                      Porcellanides
                      Porcellina
                      Pisosoma
                      Streptochirus
                      Platycheles
                      Enostea
                      Polyonix
                      Percellana
                    Munidopsidae
                    Munididae
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          Peracarida
        Hoplocarida
      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