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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
              Astropecten
              Bathybiaster
              Crenaster
              Dytaster
              Ilyaster
              Leptychaster
              Lonchotaster
              Persephonaster
              Phoxaster
              Plutonaster
                  Plutonaster agassizi
                    Plutonaster agassizi agassizi
                    Plutonaster agassizi notatus
                  Plutonaster abbreviatus
                  Plutonaster bifrons
                  Plutonaster granulosus
                  Plutonaster notatus
                  Plutonaster proteus
                  Plutonaster efflorescens
                  Plutonaster marginatus
                  Plutonaster intermedius
                  Plutonaster complexus
                  Plutonaster fragilis
                  Plutonaster hikurangi
                  Plutonaster jonathani
                  Plutonaster knoxi
                  Plutonaster abyssicola
                  Plutonaster ambiguus
                  Plutonaster edwardsi
                  Plutonaster inermis
                  Plutonaster keiensis
                  Plutonaster parelii
                  Plutonaster pulcher
                  Plutonaster rigidus
                  Plutonaster sirius
                  Plutonaster subinermis
              Psilaster
              Psilasteropsis
              Tethyaster
              Ripaster
              Leptoptychaster
              Sideriaster
              Moiraster
              Stellaria
              Crenaster
              Phidiaster
              Mimastrella
              Astropectinides
              Blakiaster
              Dipsacaster
              Macroptychaster
              Patagiaster
              Astromesites
              Proserpinaster
              Bunodaster
              Craspidaster
              Ctenophoraster
              Ctenopleura
              Thrissacanthias
              Tritonaster
              Trophodiscus
              Anthosticte
              Koremaster
              Glyphaster
              Nauricia
              Parastropecten
              Priamaster
              Porcellanasterinae
              Bollonaster
            Ctenodiscidae
            Luidiidae
            Porcellanasteridae
            Radiasteridae
            Goniopectinidae
            Pseudarchasteridae
            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
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