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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
                    Cytheropteron alatum
                    Cytheropteron angulatum
                    Cytheropteron arcticum
                    Cytheropteron crassipinnatum
                    Cytheropteron depressum
                    Cytheropteron dorsocostatum
                    Cytheropteron dromedaria
                    Cytheropteron garganicum
                    Cytheropteron groenlandicum
                    Cytheropteron hadriaticum
                    Cytheropteron hamatum
                    Cytheropteron inflatum
                    Cytheropteron inflatum
                    Cytheropteron inornatum
                    Cytheropteron latissimum
                    Cytheropteron latum
                    Cytheropteron monoceros
                    Cytheropteron nodosoalatum
                    Cytheropteron nodosum
                    Cytheropteron paralatissimum
                    Cytheropteron pseudoinflatum
                    Cytheropteron punctatum
                    Cytheropteron pyramidale
                    Cytheropteron rarum
                    Cytheropteron rotundatum
                    Cytheropteron ruggierii
                    Cytheropteron scoresbyi
                    Cytheropteron subcircinatum
                    Cytheropteron sulcatum
                    Cytheropteron testudo
                    Cytheropteron venustum
                    Cytheropteron vespertilio
                    Cytheropteron zinzulusae
                    Cytheropteron infelix
                    Cytheropteron dimlingtonensis
                    Cytheropteron humile
                    Cytheropteron alatoides
                    Cytheropteron arcuatum
                    Cytheropteron mucronalatum
                    Cytheropteron abyssorum
                    Cytheropteron acuticaudatum
                    Cytheropteron antarcticum
                    Cytheropteron gaussi
                    Cytheropteron caudatum2
                    Cytheropteron vermiculatum
                    Cytheropteron clathratum
                    Cytheropteron barkeri
                    Cytheropteron dominicanum
                    Cytheropteron howei
                    Cytheropteron morgani
                    Cytheropteron palton
                    Cytheropteron carolinae
                    Cytheropteron champlainum
                    Cytheropteron cronini
                    Cytheropteron furreri
                    Cytheropteron montrosiense
                    Cytheropteron nealei
                    Cytheropteron pseudomontrosiense
                    Cytheropteron suzdalskyi
                    Cytheropteron aielloi
                    Cytheropteron abnormis
                    Cytheropteron adriaticum
                    Cytheropteron alabarda
                    Cytheropteron anisovalva
                    Cytheropteron armatum
                    Cytheropteron ascolii
                    Cytheropteron assimile
                    Cytheropteron assimiloides
                    Cytheropteron aureum
                    Cytheropteron biconvexa
                    Cytheropteron branchium
                    Cytheropteron bremani
                    Cytheropteron brownyae
                    Cytheropteron caputanatinum
                    Cytheropteron carolae
                    Cytheropteron caudatum
                    Cytheropteron chiafui
                    Cytheropteron circummuralla
                    Cytheropteron coccoides
                    Cytheropteron confusum
                    Cytheropteron convexum
                    Cytheropteron curvicaudum
                    Cytheropteron demenocali
                    Cytheropteron dibolos
                    Cytheropteron didieae
                    Cytheropteron dividentum
                    Cytheropteron donghaiense
                    Cytheropteron ebutemettaensis
                    Cytheropteron elaeni
                    Cytheropteron ensenadense
                    Cytheropteron excavoalatum
                    Cytheropteron excisum
                    Cytheropteron fimbriatum
                    Cytheropteron fornix
                    Cytheropteron foveolatum
                    Cytheropteron fugu
                    Cytheropteron gibbosum
                    Cytheropteron guerneti
                    Cytheropteron guttatum
                    Cytheropteron hanaii
                    Cytheropteron hempeli
                    Cytheropteron higashikawai
                    Cytheropteron hikuraniensis
                    Cytheropteron huangtien
                    Cytheropteron improbum
                    Cytheropteron kitazatoi
                    Cytheropteron kumaii
                    Cytheropteron kuochui
                    Cytheropteron lumalatum
                    Cytheropteron laptevensis
                    Cytheropteron latiscalpum
                    Cytheropteron lineoporosa
                    Cytheropteron longicaudatum
                    Cytheropteron malaccaense
                    Cytheropteron massoni
                    Cytheropteron microlatum
                    Cytheropteron miurense
                    Cytheropteron nanseni
                    Cytheropteron neocaudatum
                    Cytheropteron newportense
                    Cytheropteron obtusalum
                    Cytheropteron occultum
                    Cytheropteron orientalis
                    Cytheropteron pacificum
                    Cytheropteron pararcticum
                    Cytheropteron parasinense
                    Cytheropteron paucipunctatum
                    Cytheropteron peiminga
                    Cytheropteron perlaria
                    Cytheropteron pherozigzag
                    Cytheropteron planalatum
                    Cytheropteron porterae
                    Cytheropteron posterosulcatum
                    Cytheropteron pulcinella
                    Cytheropteron quadratocostatum
                    Cytheropteron rectocostum
                    Cytheropteron retrosulcatum
                    Cytheropteron richardbensoni
                    Cytheropteron richarddinglei
                    Cytheropteron rima
                    Cytheropteron rhombea
                    Cytheropteron rhomboidea
                    Cytheropteron rhombiformis
                    Cytheropteron rude
                    Cytheropteron sarsi
                    Cytheropteron sawanense
                    Cytheropteron simile
                    Cytheropteron simplex
                    Cytheropteron subuchioi
                    Cytheropteron sulense
                    Cytheropteron syntomoalatum
                    Cytheropteron taciturnum
                    Cytheropteron talquinense
                    Cytheropteron tenuialatum
                    Cytheropteron terecaudum
                    Cytheropteron tressleri
                    Cytheropteron trilobites
                    Cytheropteron trifossata
                    Cytheropteron tonsillolithia
                    Cytheropteron tumefactum
                    Cytheropteron umbonatum
                    Cytheropteron uchioi
                    Cytheropteron ventrokurtosa
                    Cytheropteron vertex
                    Cytheropteron violaeherbia
                    Cytheropteron volantium
                    Cytheropteron wangchieni
                    Cytheropteron wellingtoniense
                    Cytheropteron wellmani
                    Cytheropteron willetti
                    Cytheropteron wrighti
                    Cytheropteron yorktownensis
                    Cytheropteron medistriatum
                    Cytheropteron caudatum
                    Cytheropteron caudatum
                    Cytheropteron fenestratum
                    Cytheropteron frigida
                    Cytheropteron stationis
                    Cytheropteron siphocaudatum
                    Cytheropteron insulelephantensis
                    Cytheropteron (Loxoreticulatum)
                        Cytheropteron (Loxoreticulatum) fallax
                    Cytheropteron fallax
                    Cytheropteron dorsocorrugatum
                    Cytheropteron lobatulurn
                    Cytheropteron parapulcinella
                    Cytheropteron delphinum
                    Cytheropteron suhmi
                    Cytheropteron irregularis
                    Cytheropteron anomalum
                    Cytheropteron scaphoides
                    Cytheropteron australopunctatarum
                    Cytheropteron litwini
                    Cytheropteron patagoniense
                    Cytheropteron carinoalatum
                    Cytheropteron nanseni
                  Cytherura
                  Eucytherura
                  Hemicytherura
                  Kangarina
                  Microcytherura
                  Pedicythere
                  Pseudocytherura
                  Semicytherura
                  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
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