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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
            Astropectinidae
            Ctenodiscidae
            Luidiidae
            Porcellanasteridae
            Radiasteridae
            Goniopectinidae
            Pseudarchasteridae
                Aphroditaster
                Paragonaster
                Pseudarchaster
                  Pseudarchaster concinnus
                  Pseudarchaster granuliferus
                  Pseudarchaster intermedius
                  Pseudarchaster ordinatus
                  Pseudarchaster parelii
                  Pseudarchaster tessellatus
                  Pseudarchaster discus
                  Pseudarchaster parellii
                  Pseudarchaster gracilis
                  Pseudarchaster brachyactis
                  Pseudarchaster mozaicus
                  Pseudarchaster jordani
                  Pseudarchaster garricki
                  Pseudarchaster macdougalli
                  Pseudarchaster abernethyi
                  Pseudarchaster aequabile
                  Pseudarchaster alascensis
                  Pseudarchaster dissonus
                  Pseudarchaster diversigranulatus
                  Pseudarchaster microceramus
                  Pseudarchaster myobrachius
                  Pseudarchaster necator
                  Pseudarchaster obtusus
                  Pseudarchaster oligoporus
                  Pseudarchaster ornatus
                  Pseudarchaster patagonicus
                  Pseudarchaster pectinifer
                  Pseudarchaster pulcher
                  Pseudarchaster pretiosus
                  Pseudarchaster pusillus
                  Pseudarchaster roseus
                  Pseudarchaster spatuliger
                  Pseudarchaster verrilli
                  Pseudarchaster annectens
                  Pseudarchaster aphrodite
                  Pseudarchaster boardmani
                Perissogonaster
                Gephyreaster
                Fisheraster
            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
Monera