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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
            Zoroasteridae
                Zoroaster
                  Zoroaster fulgens
                  Zoroaster tenuis
                  Zoroaster actinocles
                  Zoroaster adami
                  Zoroaster alfredi
                  Zoroaster alternicanthus
                  Zoroaster barathri
                  Zoroaster carinatus
                  Zoroaster hirsutus
                  Zoroaster macracantha
                  Zoroaster magnificus
                  Zoroaster microporus
                  Zoroaster ophiactis
                  Zoroaster ophiurus
                  Zoroaster orientalis
                  Zoroaster planus
                  Zoroaster singletoni
                  Zoroaster variacanthus
                  Zoroaster zea
                  Zoroaster longispinum
                  Zoroaster perarmatus
                  Zoroaster platyacanthus
                  Zoroaster evermanni
                  Zoroaster spinulosus
                  Zoroaster nudus
                  Zoroaster squameus
                  Zoroaster angulatus
                  Zoroaster gilesii
                  Zoroaster ackleyi
                  Zoroaster diomedeae
                  Zoroaster longicauda
                  Zoroaster trispinosus
                  Zoroaster bispinosus
                Doraster
                Mammaster
                Bythiolophus
                Cnemidaster
                Myxoderma
                Pholidaster
                Sagenaster
                Terminaster
                Prognaster
            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