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You can search for a marine species or other entities that have been tagged in the message content by using the search box on the right hand side of the page.

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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
      Asteroidea
        Velatida
        Platyasterida
        Concentricycloidea
        Euclasteroidea
        Forcipulatacea
          Brisingida
          Forcipulatida
            Asteriidae
                Asteracanthion
                  Asteracanthion africanus
                  Asteracanthion albulus
                  Asteracanthion groenlandica
                  Asteracanthion lincki
                  Asteracanthion mülleri
                  Asteracanthion palaeocrystallus
                  Asteracanthion problema
                  Asteracanthion stellionura
                  Asteracanthion muelleri
                  Asteracanthion berylinus
                  Asteracanthion rubens
                  Asteracanthion pallidus
                  Asteracanthion glacialis
                  Asteracanthion tenuispinum
                  Asteracanthion violaceus
                  Asteracanthion antarcticus
                  Asteracanthion aurantiacus
                  Asteracanthion calamaria
                  Asteracanthion clavatum
                  Asteracanthion distichum
                  Asteracanthion flaccida
                  Asteracanthion forbesi
                  Asteracanthion fulgens
                  Asteracanthion fulvum
                  Asteracanthion gelatinosus
                  Asteracanthion germaini
                  Asteracanthion graniferus
                  Asteracanthion helianthus
                  Asteracanthion katherinae
                  Asteracanthion lacazei
                  Asteracanthion littoralis
                  Asteracanthion luridum
                  Asteracanthion margaritifer
                  Asteracanthion novaeboracensis
                  Asteracanthion webbianum
                  Asteracanthion varium
                  Asteracanthion sulcifer
                  Asteracanthion striatus
                  Asteracanthion spectabile
                  Asteracanthion polyplax
                  Asteracanthion polaris
                  Asteracanthion rosea
                  Asteracanthion problema
                  Asteracanthion rubens
                Asterias
                Coscinasterias
                Icasterias
                Leptasterias
                Lytaster
                Marthasterias
                Sclerasterias
                Stellonia
                Stephanasterias
                Urasterias
                Coronaster
                Orthasterias
                Nanaster
                Uraster
                Allasterias
                Triplasterias
                Parasterias
                Asteracanthium
                Distolasterias
                Eustolasterias
                Eoleptasterias
                Stylasterias
                Diplasterias
                Lysasterias
                Notasterias
                Anasterias
                Caimanaster
                Cryptasterias
                Kenrickaster
                Neosmilaster
                Saliasterias
                Lethasterias
                Perissasterias
                Adelasterias
                Calvasterias
                Pisaster
                Evasterias
                Rathbunaster
                Plazaster
                Meyenaster
                Astrometis
                Astrostole
                Aphanasterias
                Australiaster
                Taranuiaster
                Tarsastrocles
                Uniophora
                Rumbleaster
                Aphelasterias
                Anasterias
                Calasterias
                Coelasterias
                Diplasterias
                Hemiasterias
                Kalyptasterias
                Koehleraster
                Mortensenia
                Autasterias
                Paedasterias
                Parastichaster
                Sporasterias
                Stichorella
                Asteroderma
                Podasterias
                Polyasterias
                Ctenasterias
                Quadraster
                Stenasterias
                Notasteriinae
            Labidiasteridae
            Neomorphasteridae
            Pedicellasteridae
            Zoroasteridae
            Stichasteridae
            Heliasteridae
            Pycnopodiidae
        Valvatacea
        Spinulosacea
      Ophiuroidea
      Stelleroidea
    Echinozoa
  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