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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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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
            Ophidiasteridae
                Hacelia
                Narcissia
                Ophidiaster
                  Ophidiaster (Hacelia)
                  Ophidiaster aurantius
                  Ophidiaster canariensis
                  Ophidiaster lessonae
                  Ophidiaster ophidianus
                  Ophidiaster reyssi
                  Ophidiaster alexandri
                  Ophidiaster bayeri
                  Ophidiaster bullisi
                  Ophidiaster guildingi
                  Ophidiaster robillardi
                  Ophidiaster granifer
                  Ophidiaster hemprichi
                  Ophidiaster leachi
                  Ophidiaster squameus
                  Ophidiaster purpureus
                  Ophidiaster cylindricus
                  Ophidiaster duncani
                  Ophidiaster cribrarius
                  Ophidiaster perrieri
                  Ophidiaster pustulatus
                  Ophidiaster confertus
                  Ophidiaster kermadecensis
                  Ophidiaster macknighti
                  Ophidiaster agassizi
                  Ophidiaster armatus
                  Ophidiaster easterensis
                  Ophidiaster helicostichus
                  Ophidiaster lorioli
                  Ophidiaster ludwigi
                  Ophidiaster perplexus
                  Ophidiaster rhabdotus
                  Ophidiaster aequalis
                  Ophidiaster asperulus
                  Ophidiaster attenuatus
                  Ophidiaster bicolor
                  Ophidiaster campbelli
                  Ophidiaster chinensis
                  Ophidiaster clathratus
                  Ophidiaster colombiae
                  Ophidiaster columbiae
                  Ophidiaster crassa
                  Ophidiaster diplax
                  Ophidiaster dubiosus
                  Ophidiaster echinulatus
                  Ophidiaster ehrenbergi
                  Ophidiaster flaccidus
                  Ophidiaster floridae
                  Ophidiaster fuscus
                  Ophidiaster germani
                  Ophidiaster gracilis
                  Ophidiaster guildingi
                  Ophidiaster hirsutus
                  Ophidiaster inarmata
                  Ophidiaster irregularis
                  Ophidiaster laevigatus
                  Ophidiaster leachi
                  Ophidiaster linearis
                  Ophidiaster lioderma
                  Ophidiaster lorioli
                  Ophidiaster lymani
                  Ophidiaster marmoratus
                  Ophidiaster miliaris
                  Ophidiaster multiforis
                  Ophidiaster ornatus
                  Ophidiaster ornithopus
                  Ophidiaster pacifica
                  Ophidiaster pinguis
                  Ophidiaster porosissimus
                  Ophidiaster propinquus
                  Ophidiaster pusillus
                  Ophidiaster pyramidatus
                  Ophidiaster pustulatus
                  Ophidiaster schismochilus
                  Ophidiaster sclerodermus
                  Ophidiaster superba
                  Ophidiaster suturalis
                  Ophidiaster tenellus
                  Ophidiaster triseriatus
                  Ophidiaster trychnus
                  Ophidiaster tuberculatus
                  Ophidiaster tumescens
                  Ophidiaster vestitus
                  Ophidiaster watsoni
                  Ophidiaster (Leiaster)
                  Ophidiaster (Pharia)
                  Ophidiaster multispinus
                  Ophidiaster tuberifer
                Drachmaster
                Copidaster
                Linckia
                Tamaria
                Nardoa
                Cistina
                Ferdina
                Dactylosaster
                Gomophia
                Scytaster
                Leiaster
                Heteronardoa
                Andora
                Dissogenes
                Oneria
                Austrofromia
                Bunaster
                Celerina
                Certonardoa
                Devania
                Paraferdina
                Pharia
                Phataria
                Plenardoa
                Pseudophidiaster
                Sinoferdina
                Acalia
                Mithrodinae
                Chione
                Cribrella
                Lepidaster
                Melia
                Pseudolinckia
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
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Chromista
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Viruses
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