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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
          Capitata
          Filifera
            Bougainvilliidae
            Clavidae
            Eudendriidae
            Hydractiniidae
            Pandeiidae
            Proboscidactylidae
            Pandeidae
            Rathkeidae
            Trichydridae
            Margelina
            Filifera incertae sedis
            Pandeida
            Calycopsidae
            Cytaeididae
            Niobiidae
            Ptilocodiidae
            Stylasteridae
              Crypthelia
              Errina
              Lepidopora
              Pliobothrus
              Stenohelia
              Stylaster
                Stylaster erubescens
                Stylaster gemmascens
                Stylaster ibericus
                Stylaster maroccanus
                Stylaster norvegicus
                Stylaster densicaulis
                Stylaster nobilis
                Stylaster profundus
                Stylaster robustus
                Stylaster eguchii
                Stylaster alaskanus
                Stylaster amphiheloides
                Stylaster antillarum
                Stylaster asper
                Stylaster aurantiacus
                Stylaster bellus
                Stylaster bilobatus
                    Stylaster bilobatus f. alba
                Stylaster bithalamus
                Stylaster blatteus
                Stylaster bocki
                Stylaster boreopacificus
                Stylaster boschmai
                Stylaster brochi
                Stylaster brunneus
                Stylaster californicus
                Stylaster cancellatus
                Stylaster carinatus
                Stylaster cocosensis
                Stylaster complanatus
                Stylaster corallium
                Stylaster crassior
                Stylaster dentatus
                Stylaster divergens
                Stylaster duchassaingi
                Stylaster elassotomus
                Stylaster filogranus
                Stylaster flabelliformis
                Stylaster galapagensis
                Stylaster gracilis
                Stylaster granulosus
                Stylaster griggi
                Stylaster hattorii
                Stylaster horologium
                Stylaster imbricatus
                Stylaster incompletus
                Stylaster infundibuliferus
                Stylaster inornatus
                Stylaster laevigatus
                Stylaster lonchitis
                Stylaster marenzelleri
                Stylaster marshae
                Stylaster microstriatus
                Stylaster miniatus
                Stylaster moseleyanus
                Stylaster multiplex
                Stylaster papuensis
                Stylaster polymorphus
                Stylaster polyorchis
                Stylaster profundiporus
                Stylaster pulcher
                Stylaster purpuratus
                Stylaster ramosus
                Stylaster rosaceus
                Stylaster roseus
                Stylaster sanguineus
                Stylaster scabiosus
                Stylaster solidus
                Stylaster spatula
                Stylaster stejnegeri
                Stylaster stellulatus
                Stylaster subviolacea
                Stylaster tenisonwoodsi
                Stylaster venustus
                Stylaster verrillii
                Stylaster incrassatus
                Stylaster eximius
                Stylaster campylecus
                Stylaster antiquus
                Stylaster atlanticus
                Stylaster chibaensis
                Stylaster compressus
                Stylaster echinatus
                Stylaster gigas
                Stylaster milleri
                Stylaster mooraboolensis
                Stylaster priscus
                Stylaster cretaceous
                Stylaster repandus
                Stylaster leptostylus
                Stylaster trachystomus
                Stylaster parageus
                Stylaster crassiseptum
              Errinopsis
              Sporadopora
              Adelopora
              Calyptopora
              Conopora
              Distichopora
              Lepidotheca
              Inferiolabiata
              Astya
              Cheiloporidion
              Cyclohelia
              Errinopora
              Gyropora
              Paraerrina
              Phalangopora
              Pseudocrypthelia
              Stellapora
              Stephanohelia
              Stylantheca
              Systemapora
              Astylus
              Leptobothrus
              Congregopora
              Protoerrina
              Deontopora
              Adeloporinae
              Stylasterinae
              Polypora
            Laingiidae
            Protiaridae
            Russelliidae
            Bythotiaridae
            Oceaniidae
            Eucodoniidae
            Australomedusidae
            Balellidae
            Jeanbouilloniidae
            Platystomidae
            Tubiclavoididae
            Cordylophoridae
            Magapiidae
            Axoporidae
            Heterotentaculidae
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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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