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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
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                    Cistacythereis
                    Rabilimis
                    Normanicythere
                    Acanthocythereis
                    Basslerites
                    Bosquetina
                    Buntonia
                    Carinocythereis
                    Celtia
                    Costa
                    Echinocythereis
                    Falsocythere
                    Henryhowella
                    Hiltermannicythere
                    Occultocythereis
                    Pterygocythereis
                    Rectobuntonia
                    Robertsonites
                    Trachyleberis
                    Actinocythereis
                    Taracythere
                    Abyssophilos
                    Apatihowella
                    Glencoeleberis
                    Legitimocythere
                    Pseudocythereis
                    Austrotrachyleberis
                    Atlanticythere
                    Cativella
                    Acuticythereis
                    Agrenocythere
                    Ambocythere
                    Proteoconcha
                    Reticulocythereis
                    Thalassocythere
                    Trachyleberidea
                    Abrocythereis
                    Abyssocythere
                    Abyssocythereis
                    Alatahermanites
                    Albileberis
                    Alocopocythere
                    Ambtonia
                    Amphileberis
                    Angolacythereis
                    Arculacythereis
                    Atjehella
                    Argenticytheretta
                    Australimoosella
                    Bathycythere
                    Bicornucythere
                    Brachycythere
                    Bradyon
                    Callocythere
                    Campylocythere
                    Caribella
                    Chavocythere
                    Chukucythere
                    Cletocythereis
                    Clinocythereis
                    Chrysocythere
                    Doratocythere
                    Dutoitella
                    Fallacihowella
                    Falsobuntonia
                    Haughtonileberis
                    Hemikrithe
                    Hemitrachyleberis
                    Heteroconchella
                    Hirsutocythere
                    Idiocythere
                    Indimoosella
                    Keijella
                    Lankacythere
                    Leguminocythereis
                    Mackencythere
                    Moosella
                    Murrayina
                    Mutilus
                    Neocytheretta
                    Oxycythereis
                    Pacambocythere
                    Parakeijella
                    Patrizia
                    Pennyella
                    Phacorhabdotus
                    Philoneptunus
                    Pistocythereis
                    Ponticocythereis
                    Pseudobosquetina
                    Pterygocythere
                    Puricythereis
                    Reymentia
                    Rockallia
                    Rugocythereis
                    Sinoleberis
                    Stigmatocythere
                    Strobilocythere
                    Suhmicythere
                    Tegmenia
                    Venericythere
                    Wichmanella
                    Yajimaina
                    Neocythereis
                    Agulhasina
                    Hyphalocythere
                    Xandarosina
                    Alteratrachyleberis
                    Oertiella
                    Veenia
                    Anebocythereis
                    Arcacythere
                    Aysegulina
                    Limburgina
                    Marwickcythereis
                    Oertliella
                    Anticythereis
                    Paleoabyssocythere
                    Phalcocythere
                      Phalcocythere (Otarocythere)
                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
Monera