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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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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
        Valvatacea
          Notomyotida
          Paxillosida
            Astropectinidae
                Astropecten
                Bathybiaster
                Crenaster
                Dytaster
                Ilyaster
                Leptychaster
                Lonchotaster
                Persephonaster
                  Persephonaster leptactis
                  Persephonaster patagiatus
                  Persephonaster sphenoplax
                  Persephonaster spinulosus
                  Persephonaster croceus
                  Persephonaster echinulatus
                  Persephonaster cingulatus
                  Persephonaster sewelli
                  Persephonaster roulei
                  Persephonaster facetus
                  Persephonaster exquisitus
                  Persephonaster euryactis
                  Persephonaster armiger
                  Persephonaster asper
                  Persephonaster celebensis
                  Persephonaster coelochilus
                  Persephonaster gracilis
                  Persephonaster anacanthus
                  Persephonaster anchistus
                  Persephonaster brevispinus
                  Persephonaster euryplax
                  Persephonaster habrogenys
                  Persephonaster humilis
                  Persephonaster luzonicus
                  Persephonaster misakiensis
                  Persephonaster monostoechus
                  Persephonaster oediplax
                  Persephonaster neozelanicus
                  Persephonaster multicinctus
                  Persephonaster penicillatus
                  Persephonaster pulcher
                  Persephonaster rhodopeplus
                  Persephonaster setoensis
                  Persephonaster suluensis
                  Persephonaster tenuis
                  Persephonaster triacanthus
                Phoxaster
                Plutonaster
                Psilaster
                Psilasteropsis
                Tethyaster
                Ripaster
                Leptoptychaster
                Sideriaster
                Moiraster
                Stellaria
                Crenaster
                Phidiaster
                Mimastrella
                Astropectinides
                Blakiaster
                Dipsacaster
                Macroptychaster
                Patagiaster
                Astromesites
                Proserpinaster
                Bunodaster
                Craspidaster
                Ctenophoraster
                Ctenopleura
                Thrissacanthias
                Tritonaster
                Trophodiscus
                Anthosticte
                Koremaster
                Glyphaster
                Nauricia
                Parastropecten
                Priamaster
                Porcellanasterinae
                Bollonaster
            Ctenodiscidae
            Luidiidae
            Porcellanasteridae
            Radiasteridae
            Goniopectinidae
            Pseudarchasteridae
            Plutonasteridae
            Mimasteridae
          Valvatida
        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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