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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
          Brisingida
          Forcipulatida
            Asteriidae
              Asteracanthion
                  Asteracanthion africanus
                  Asteracanthion albulus
                  Asteracanthion groenlandica
                  Asteracanthion lincki
                  Asteracanthion mülleri
                  Asteracanthion palaeocrystallus
                  Asteracanthion problema
                  Asteracanthion stellionura
                  Asteracanthion muelleri
                  Asteracanthion berylinus
                  Asteracanthion rubens
                  Asteracanthion pallidus
                  Asteracanthion glacialis
                  Asteracanthion tenuispinum
                  Asteracanthion violaceus
                  Asteracanthion antarcticus
                  Asteracanthion aurantiacus
                  Asteracanthion calamaria
                  Asteracanthion clavatum
                  Asteracanthion distichum
                  Asteracanthion flaccida
                  Asteracanthion forbesi
                  Asteracanthion fulgens
                  Asteracanthion fulvum
                  Asteracanthion gelatinosus
                  Asteracanthion germaini
                  Asteracanthion graniferus
                  Asteracanthion helianthus
                  Asteracanthion katherinae
                  Asteracanthion lacazei
                  Asteracanthion littoralis
                  Asteracanthion luridum
                  Asteracanthion margaritifer
                  Asteracanthion novaeboracensis
                  Asteracanthion webbianum
                  Asteracanthion varium
                  Asteracanthion sulcifer
                  Asteracanthion striatus
                  Asteracanthion spectabile
                  Asteracanthion polyplax
                  Asteracanthion polaris
                  Asteracanthion rosea
                  Asteracanthion problema
                  Asteracanthion rubens
              Asterias
              Coscinasterias
              Icasterias
              Leptasterias
              Lytaster
              Marthasterias
              Sclerasterias
              Stellonia
              Stephanasterias
              Urasterias
              Coronaster
              Orthasterias
              Nanaster
              Uraster
              Allasterias
              Triplasterias
              Parasterias
              Asteracanthium
              Distolasterias
              Eustolasterias
              Eoleptasterias
              Stylasterias
              Diplasterias
              Lysasterias
              Notasterias
              Anasterias
              Caimanaster
              Cryptasterias
              Kenrickaster
              Neosmilaster
              Saliasterias
              Lethasterias
              Perissasterias
              Adelasterias
              Calvasterias
              Pisaster
              Evasterias
              Rathbunaster
              Plazaster
              Meyenaster
              Astrometis
              Astrostole
              Aphanasterias
              Australiaster
              Taranuiaster
              Tarsastrocles
              Uniophora
              Rumbleaster
              Aphelasterias
              Anasterias
              Calasterias
              Coelasterias
              Diplasterias
              Hemiasterias
              Kalyptasterias
              Koehleraster
              Mortensenia
              Autasterias
              Paedasterias
              Parastichaster
              Sporasterias
              Stichorella
              Asteroderma
              Podasterias
              Polyasterias
              Ctenasterias
              Quadraster
              Stenasterias
              Notasteriinae
            Labidiasteridae
            Neomorphasteridae
            Pedicellasteridae
            Zoroasteridae
            Stichasteridae
            Heliasteridae
            Pycnopodiidae
        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