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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
        Valvatacea
          Notomyotida
          Paxillosida
          Valvatida
            Asterinidae
                Allopatiria
                Anseropoda
                Asterina
                  Asterina borealis
                  Asterina gibbosa
                  Asterina minuta
                  Asterina pancerii
                  Asterina phylactica
                  Asterina wega
                  Asterina fimbriata
                  Asterina folium
                  Asterina hartmeyeri
                  Asterina stellifera
                  Asterina cepheus
                  Asterina burtoni
                  Asterina miniata
                  Asterina exigua
                  Asterina coronata
                  Asterina gracilispina
                  Asterina coccinea
                  Asterina dyscrita
                  Asterina frigida
                  Asterina hamiltoni
                  Asterina perrieri
                  Asterina regularis
                  Asterina wesseli
                  Asterina agustincasoi
                  Asterina alba
                  Asterina alutaceus
                  Asterina anomala
                  Asterina atyphoida
                  Asterina aucklandensis
                  Asterina batheri
                  Asterina belcheri
                  Asterina bispinosa
                  Asterina brevis
                  Asterina cabbalistica
                  Asterina chilensis
                  Asterina coccinea
                  Asterina corallicola
                  Asterina crassispina
                  Asterina coronata
                  Asterina gayi
                  Asterina heteractis
                  Asterina inopinata
                  Asterina iranica
                  Asterina limboonkengi
                  Asterina lorioli
                  Asterina lutea
                  Asterina minor
                  Asterina modesta
                  Asterina pectinifera
                  Asterina perplexa
                  Asterina sarasini
                  Asterina scobinata
                  Asterina spinigera
                  Asterina orthodon
                  Asterina oliveri
                  Asterina nuda
                  Asterina trochiscus
                  Asterina tumida
                  Asterina tuberculata
                  Asterina novaezelandiae
                  Asterina novaezelandiae
                  Asterina pentagona
                  Asterina gunni
                  Asterina granifera
                  Asterina hoensonae
                  Asterina leptalacantha
                  Asterina ocellifera
                  Asterina pilosa
                  Asterina lymani
                  Asterina pseudoexigua
                  Asterina penicillaris
                Asteriscus
                Parasterina
                Patiria
                Tremaster
                Nepanthia
                Enoplopatiria
                Asterinides
                Carna
                Palmipes
                Kampylaster
                Asterinopsis
                Callopatiria
                Patiriella
                Paxillasterina
                Stegnaster
                Disasterina
                Cryptasterina
                Ganeriinae
                Desmopatiria
                Ctenaster
                Manasterina
                Paranepanthia
                Pseudonepanthia
                Pseudasterina
                Tegulaster
                Habroporina
                Patiria
                Ailsastra
                Aquilonastra
                Pseudopatiria
                Indianastra
                Parvulastra
                Meridiastra
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
            Poraniidae
            Sphaerasteridae
            Solasteridae
            Oreasteridae
            Mithrodiidae
            Asteropseidae
            Ganeriidae
            Archasteridae
            Acanthasteridae
            Asterodiscididae
            Gymnasteriidae
            Leilasteridae
            Podosphaerasteridae
            Pentopliidae
            Valvasteridae
            Linckiidae
            Gnathasteridae
            Asteropidae
        Spinulosacea
      Ophiuroidea
      Stelleroidea
    Echinozoa
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Fungi
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Chromista
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