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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
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
            Odontasteridae
                Gnathaster
                Hoplaster
                Odontaster
                  Odontaster mediterraneus
                  Odontaster meridionalis
                  Odontaster validus
                  Odontaster australis
                  Odontaster hispidus
                  Odontaster penicillatus
                  Odontaster robustus
                  Odontaster capitatus
                  Odontaster cremeus
                  Odontaster granuliferus
                  Odontaster propinquus
                  Odontaster glaber
                  Odontaster elegans
                  Odontaster singularis
                  Odontaster pusillus
                  Odontaster aucklandensis
                  Odontaster benhami
                  Odontaster crassus
                  Odontaster setosus
                  Odontaster belli
                  Odontaster grayi
                  Odontaster grayi
                  Odontaster meridionalis
                  Odontaster pedicellaris
                  Odontaster paxillosus
                  Odontaster tenuis
                  Odontaster rosagemmae
                  Odontaster roseus
                  Odontaster pearsei
                Gnathodon
                Peridontaster
                Asterodon
                Gymnognathaster
                Epidontaster
                Acodontaster
                Diplodontias
                Diabocilla
                Eurygonias
                Heuresaster
                Metadontaster
                Pseudontaster
                Tridontaster
                Goniodon
            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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