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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
          Korethrasteridae
          Myxasteridae
          Pterasteridae
              Diplopteraster
              Hexaster
              Hymenaster
                Hymenaster gennaeus
                Hymenaster giboryi
                Hymenaster giganteus
                Hymenaster kieri
                Hymenaster membranaceus
                Hymenaster pellucidus
                Hymenaster perissonotus
                Hymenaster regalis
                Hymenaster reticulatus
                Hymenaster rex
                Hymenaster roseus
                Hymenaster tenuispinus
                Hymenaster agassizi
                Hymenaster anomalus
                Hymenaster lamprus
                Hymenaster latebrosus
                Hymenaster modestus
                Hymenaster pergamentaceus
                Hymenaster alcocki
                Hymenaster campanulatus
                Hymenaster coccinatus
                Hymenaster densus
                Hymenaster edax
                Hymenaster formosus
                Hymenaster fucatus
                Hymenaster graniferus
                Hymenaster perspicuus
                Hymenaster praecoquis
                Hymenaster caelatus
                Hymenaster crucifer
                Hymenaster blevgadi
                Hymenaster carnosus
                Hymenaster pullatus
                Hymenaster estcourti
                Hymenaster bartschi
                Hymenaster coriaceus
                Hymenaster cremnodes
                Hymenaster geometricus
                Hymenaster glaucus
                Hymenaster gracilis
                Hymenaster infernalis
                Hymenaster koehleri
                Hymenaster nobilis
                Hymenaster pentagonalis
                Hymenaster platyacanthus
                Hymenaster porosissimus
                Hymenaster pudicus
                Hymenaster quadrispinosus
                Hymenaster rhodopeplus
                Hymenaster sacculatus
                Hymenaster trias
                Hymenaster vicarius
                Hymenaster violaceus
                Hymenaster bourgeti
                Hymenaster echinulatus
                Hymenaster gennaeus
                Hymenaster lamprus
                Hymenaster purpureus
              Marsipaster
              Pteraster
              Pterasterides
              Retaster
              Lophopteraster
              Calyptraster
              Euretaster
              Benthaster
              Hymenasterides
              Apterodon
              Cryptaster
              Temnaster
              Amembranaster
          Caymanostellidae
          Pythonasteridae
        Platyasterida
        Concentricycloidea
        Euclasteroidea
        Forcipulatacea
        Valvatacea
        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