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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
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
            Euctenidiacea
              Eudoridacea
              Doridacea
                Doridoidea
                  Archidorididae
                  Kentrodorididae
                  Rostangidae
                  Discodorididae
                  Dorididae
                  Aldisidae
                  Chromodorididae
                    Chromodoris
                        Chromodoris britoi
                        Chromodoris elegantula
                        Chromodoris goslineri
                        Chromodoris krohni
                        Chromodoris luteopunctata
                        Chromodoris luteorosea
                        Chromodoris purpurea
                        Chromodoris quadricolor
                        Chromodoris rodomaculata
                        Chromodoris alius
                        Chromodoris geminus
                        Chromodoris pantherina
                        Chromodoris fidelis
                        Chromodoris cavae
                        Chromodoris pallida
                        Chromodoris annulata
                        Chromodoris tennentana
                        Chromodoris vicina
                        Chromodoris gleniei
                        Chromodoris cazae
                        Chromodoris paulomarcioi
                        Chromodoris clenchi
                        Chromodoris trimarginata
                        Chromodoris dianae
                        Chromodoris hintuanensis
                        Chromodoris joshi
                        Chromodoris michaeli
                        Chromodoris roboi
                        Chromodoris buchananae
                        Chromodoris mandapamensis
                        Chromodoris aila
                        Chromodoris binza
                        Chromodoris dictya
                        Chromodoris grahami
                        Chromodoris neona
                        Chromodoris perola
                        Chromodoris ponga
                        Chromodoris amoena
                        Chromodoris alternata
                        Chromodoris ambigua
                        Chromodoris epicuria
                        Chromodoris multimaculosa
                        Chromodoris tasmaniensis
                        Chromodoris tinctoria
                        Chromodoris thompsoni
                        Chromodoris macfarlandi
                        Chromodoris marislae
                        Chromodoris ruzafai
                        Chromodoris lochi
                        Chromodoris boucheti
                        Chromodoris willani
                        Chromodoris lineolata
                        Chromodoris striatella
                        Chromodoris burni
                        Chromodoris annae
                        Chromodoris magnifica
                        Chromodoris kuiteri
                        Chromodoris westraliensis
                        Chromodoris strigata
                        Chromodoris colemani
                        Chromodoris splendida
                        Chromodoris hunterae
                        Chromodoris daphne
                        Chromodoris tumulifera
                        Chromodoris loringi
                        Chromodoris woodwardae
                        Chromodoris aspersa
                        Chromodoris inornata
                        Chromodoris bimaensis
                        Chromodoris orientalis
                        Chromodoris tenuis
                        Chromodoris petechialis
                        Chromodoris baumanni
                        Chromodoris kpone
                        Chromodoris aureomarginata
                        Chromodoris sponsa
                        Chromodoris vibrata
                        Chromodoris simplex
                        Chromodoris dalli
                        Chromodoris reticulata
                        Chromodoris porterae
                        Chromodoris kuniei
                        Chromodoris geometrica
                        Chromodoris conchyliata
                        Chromodoris coi
                        Chromodoris tritos
                        Chromodoris charlottae
                        Chromodoris leopardus
                        Chromodoris collingwoodi
                        Chromodoris preciosa
                        Chromodoris sinensis
                        Chromodoris galactos
                        Chromodoris albonares
                        Chromodoris verrieri
                        Chromodoris rubrocornuta
                        Chromodoris aureopurpurea
                        Chromodoris rufomaculata
                        Chromodoris albopunctata
                        Chromodoris albopustulosa
                        Chromodoris obsoleta
                        Chromodoris decora
                        Chromodoris setoensis
                        Chromodoris lekker
                        Chromodoris kitae
                        Chromodoris pruna
                        Chromodoris reticulata
                        Chromodoris aurigera
                        Chromodoris nona
                        Chromodoris heatherae
                        Chromodoris alia
                        Chromodoris regalis
                        Chromodoris variegata
                        Chromodoris scurra
                        Chromodoris luxuriosa
                        Chromodoris clitonota
                        Chromodoris coerulea
                        Chromodoris messinensis
                        Chromodoris tricolor
                        Chromodoris cantrainii
                        Chromodoris elegans
                        Chromodoris valenciennesi
                        Chromodoris orsinii
                        Chromodoris roseopicta
                        Chromodoris nyalya
                        Chromodoris francoisae
                        Chromodoris marginata
                        Chromodoris flammulata
                        Chromodoris lactea
                        Chromodoris krishna
                        Chromodoris lata
                        Chromodoris sibogae
                        Chromodoris albonotata
                        Chromodoris rudolphi
                        Chromodoris mollita
                        Chromodoris varians
                        Chromodoris cardinalis
                        Chromodoris gloriosa
                        Chromodoris pusilla
                        Chromodoris lentiginosa
                        Chromodoris ndukuei
                        Chromodoris australis
                        Chromodoris decorata
                        Chromodoris flava
                        Chromodoris citrina
                        Chromodoris briqua
                        Chromodoris sykesi
                        Chromodoris venusta
                        Chromodoris victoriae
                        Chromodoris perplexa
                        Chromodoris variata
                        Chromodoris histrio
                        Chromodoris porcata
                        Chromodoris imperialis
                        Chromodoris ghardaqana
                        Chromodoris odhneri
                        Chromodoris figurata
                        Chromodoris atopa
                        Chromodoris shirarae
                        Chromodoris aegialia
                        Chromodoris rosans
                        Chromodoris fentoni
                        Chromodoris morchii
                        Chromodoris maculosa
                        Chromodoris barnardi
                        Chromodoris virginea
                        Chromodoris pustulans
                        Chromodoris paupera
                        Chromodoris pantharella
                        Chromodoris camoena
                        Chromodoris lapinigensis
                        Chromodoris marenzelleri
                        Chromodoris mariana
                        Chromodoris splendens
                        Chromodoris inconspicua
                        Chromodoris papulosa
                        Chromodoris nodulosa
                        Chromodoris ophthalmica
                        Chromodoris inopinata
                        Chromodoris tenuilinearis
                        Chromodoris marpessa
                        Chromodoris albolimbata
                        Chromodoris euelpis
                        Chromodoris trouilloti
                    Glossodoris
                    Hypselodoris
                    Ceratosoma
                    Diversidoris
                    Tyrinna
                    Thorunna
                    Cadlinella
                    Durvilledoris
                    Ardeadoris
                    Rosodoris
                    Miamira
                    Orodoris
                  Platydorididae
                Onchidoridacea
                Onchidoridoidea
                Phyllidioidea
                Polyceroidea
              Gnathodoridacea
            Dexiarchia
            Dendronotina
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  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