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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
            Aglaopheniidae
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
              Abietinaria
              Amphisbetia
              Cnidoscyphus
              Diphasia
              Dynamena
              Hydrallmania
              Salacia
              Selaginopsis
              Sertularella
                Sertularella arbuscula
                Sertularella crassicaulis
                Sertularella cubica
                Sertularella cylindritheca
                Sertularella ellisii
                Sertularella fusiformis
                    Sertularella fusiformis var. nana
                    Sertularella fusiformis var. nana
                Sertularella gaudichaudi
                Sertularella gayi
                Sertularella mediterranea
                Sertularella ornata
                Sertularella picta
                Sertularella polyzonias
                Sertularella rugosa
                Sertularella simplex
                Sertularella tenella
                Sertularella unituba
                Sertularella lagenoides
                Sertularella tamarisca
                Sertularella pinnata
                Sertularella geniculata
                Sertularella cumberlandica
                Sertularella gigantea
                Sertularella liouvillei
                Sertularella nuttingi
                Sertularella plectilis
                Sertularella natalensis
                Sertularella ligulata
                Sertularella campanulata
                Sertularella trigonostomata
                Sertularella acutidentata
                Sertularella africana
                Sertularella agulhenis
                Sertularella albida
                Sertularella ampullacea
                Sertularella anguina
                Sertularella annulata
                Sertularella antarctica
                Sertularella areyi
                Sertularella argentinica
                Sertularella avrilia
                Sertularella billardi
                Sertularella bipectinata
                Sertularella blanconae
                Sertularella brandti
                Sertularella capensis
                Sertularella catena
                Sertularella clarkii
                Sertularella clausa
                Sertularella complexa
                Sertularella conella
                Sertularella congregata
                Sertularella conica
                Sertularella costata
                Sertularella crassa
                Sertularella crassiuscula
                Sertularella craticula
                Sertularella crenulata
                Sertularella cruzensis
                Sertularella decipiens
                Sertularella diaphana
                Sertularella dubia
                Sertularella erecta
                Sertularella erratum
                Sertularella exigua
                Sertularella exilis
                Sertularella flabellum
                Sertularella fuegonensis
                Sertularella fusoides
                Sertularella geodiae
                Sertularella gilchristi
                Sertularella goliathus
                Sertularella helenae
                Sertularella hermanosensis
                Sertularella humilis
                Sertularella implexa
                Sertularella inabai
                Sertularella inconstans
                Sertularella integra
                Sertularella intricata
                Sertularella japonica
                Sertularella jorgensis
                Sertularella keiensis
                Sertularella lagena
                Sertularella leiocarpa
                Sertularella leiocarpoides
                Sertularella levigata
                Sertularella magna
                Sertularella megastoma
                Sertularella megista
                Sertularella microtheca
                Sertularella minuscula
                Sertularella mirabilis
                Sertularella miurensis
                Sertularella mutsuensis
                Sertularella novaecaledoniae
                Sertularella paessleri
                Sertularella parvula
                Sertularella patagonica
                Sertularella paucicostata
                Sertularella pellucida
                Sertularella producta
                Sertularella pseudocostata
                Sertularella pulchra
                Sertularella quadrata
                Sertularella quadridens
                Sertularella quadrifida
                Sertularella quinquelaminata
                Sertularella ramosa
                Sertularella richardsoni
                Sertularella robusta
                Sertularella robustoides
                Sertularella sagamina
                Sertularella sanmatiasensis
                Sertularella similis
                Sertularella sinensis
                Sertularella spinosa
                Sertularella spirifera
                Sertularella stolonifera
                Sertularella striata
                Sertularella tanneri
                Sertularella tasmanica
                Sertularella thecocarpa
                Sertularella tilesii
                Sertularella tongensis
                Sertularella tricincta
                Sertularella tridentata
                Sertularella undulitheca
                Sertularella uruguayensis
                Sertularella valdiviae
                Sertularella wallacei
                Sertularella whitei
                Sertularella xantha
                Sertularella zenkevitchi
                Sertularella biformis
                Sertularella encarnae
                Sertularella gruzovi
                Sertularella spiralis
                Sertularella punctagonangia
                Sertularella annulaventricosa
                Sertularella reticulata
                Sertularella falsa
                Sertularella peregrina
                Sertularella atlantica
                Sertularella solidula
                Sertularella affinis
                Sertularella gotoi
                Sertularella edentula
                Sertularella hartlaubi
                Sertularella peculiaris
                Sertularella elongata
                Sertularella fraseri
                Sertularella ornata
                Sertularella distans
                Sertularella tricuspidata
                Sertularella sinuosa
                Sertularella cylindrica
                Sertularella incisa
                Sertularella pinnata
                Sertularella glacialis
                Sertularella obtusa
                Sertularella angulosa
                Sertularella mytila
                Sertularella vervoorti
                Sertularella grandensis
                Sertularella mogotensis
                Sertularella stepanyanthae
                Sertularella maureenae
                Sertularella curvitheca
                Sertularella mixta
              Sertularia
              Symplectoscyphus
              Tamarisca
              Thuiaria
              Dymella
              Biseriaria
              Tridentata
              Pericladium
              Staurotheca
              Thyroscyphus
              Calamphora
              Caminothujaria
              Crateritheca
              Dictyocladium
              Fraseroscyphus
              Gigantotheca
              Gonaxia
              Hypopyxis
              Papilionella
              Stereotheca
              Tasmanaria
              Geminella
              Diphasis
              Monopoma
              Diphasiella
              Idiella
              Idia
              Pasya
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
            Kirchenpaueriidae
            Malagazziidae
            Melicertidae
            Orchistomidae
            Tiaropsidae
            Syntheciidae
            Hebellidae
            Teclaiidae
            Cirrholoveniidae
            Clathrozoidae
            Lineolariidae
            Octocannoididae
            Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        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
Monera