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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
                Asterias
                Coscinasterias
                Icasterias
                Leptasterias
                  Leptasterias (Endogenasterias)
                  Leptasterias (Hexasterias)
                  Leptasterias (Leptasterias)
                  Leptasterias canuti
                  Leptasterias clavispina
                  Leptasterias degerboelli
                  Leptasterias floccosa
                  Leptasterias hispida
                  Leptasterias littoralis
                  Leptasterias tenera
                  Leptasterias austera
                  Leptasterias compta
                  Leptasterias hispidella
                  Leptasterias polaris
                  Leptasterias aleutica
                  Leptasterias arctica
                  Leptasterias asteira
                  Leptasterias danica
                  Leptasterias derbeki
                  Leptasterias derjungini
                  Leptasterias fisheri
                  Leptasterias granulata
                  Leptasterias groenlandica
                  Leptasterias hexactis
                  Leptasterias ochotensis
                  Leptasterias aequalis
                  Leptasterias similispinis
                  Leptasterias (Nesasterias)
                  Leptasterias acervata
                  Leptasterias aphelonota
                  Leptasterias asiatica
                  Leptasterias bartletti
                  Leptasterias beringensis
                  Leptasterias carinata
                  Leptasterias confinis
                  Leptasterias cribraria
                  Leptasterias crassa
                  Leptasterias fascicularis
                  Leptasterias epichlora
                  Leptasterias epichlora
                  Leptasterias hartii
                  Leptasterias floccosoides
                  Leptasterias glomerata
                  Leptasterias hirsuta
                  Leptasterias hylodes
                  Leptasterias hyperborea
                  Leptasterias intermedia
                  Leptasterias intermedia
                  Leptasterias islandica
                  Leptasterias insolens
                  Leptasterias kussakini
                  Leptasterias leptalea
                  Leptasterias macouni
                  Leptasterias meridionalis
                  Leptasterias mexicana
                  Leptasterias obtecta
                  Leptasterias orientalis
                  Leptasterias polythela
                  Leptasterias pribilofensis
                  Leptasterias pusilla
                  Leptasterias shumaginensis
                  Leptasterias siberica
                  Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias)
                  Leptasterias squamulata
                  Leptasterias stolacantha
                  Leptasterias subarctica
                  Leptasterias tatarica
                  Leptasterias truculenta
                  Leptasterias ushakovi
                  Leptasterias vancouveri
                  Leptasterias vinogradovi
                  Leptasterias muelleri
                  Leptasterias alaskensis
                  Leptasterias camtschatica
                  Leptasterias coei
                  Leptasterias leptodoma
                  Leptasterias polymorpha
                  Leptasterias schmidti
                  Leptasterias dispar
                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