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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.

Browse the WoRMS taxonomy


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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
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
            Labidiasteridae
            Neomorphasteridae
            Pedicellasteridae
                Hydrasterias
                Pedicellaster
                  Pedicellaster margaritaceus
                  Pedicellaster sexradiatus
                  Pedicellaster typicus
                  Pedicellaster hypernotius
                  Pedicellaster pourtalesi
                  Pedicellaster scaber
                  Pedicellaster antarcticus
                  Pedicellaster atratus
                  Pedicellaster eximius
                  Pedicellaster indistinctus
                  Pedicellaster magister
                  Pedicellaster orientalis
                  Pedicellaster chirophorus
                  Pedicellaster antarcticus
                  Pedicellaster formatus
                  Pedicellaster reticulatus
                  Pedicellaster hyperoncus
                  Pedicellaster improvisus
                  Pedicellaster improvisus
                  Pedicellaster megalabis
                  Pedicellaster ochotensis
                  Pedicellaster palaeocrystallus
                  Pedicellaster parvulus
                  Pedicellaster sagaminus
                  Pedicellaster sarsi
                Anteliaster
                Ampheraster
                Tarsaster
                Peranaster
                Hydrasterias
            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
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