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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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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
        Spinulosacea
          Spinulosida
            Echinasteridae
              Cribella
              Cribrella
              Echinaster
              Henricia
                  Henricia abyssicola
                  Henricia caudani
                  Henricia crossispika
                  Henricia cylindrella
                  Henricia eschrichti
                  Henricia fisheri
                  Henricia hedingi
                  Henricia knipowitschi
                  Henricia lisa
                    Henricia lisa ingolfi
                    Henricia lisa lisa
                  Henricia oculata
                  Henricia perforata
                  Henricia perforata
                  Henricia pertusa
                  Henricia sanguinolenta
                  Henricia sanguinolenta
                  Henricia sanguinolenta
                  Henricia sanguinolenta
                  Henricia skorikovi
                  Henricia solida
                  Henricia spongiosa
                  Henricia scabrior
                  Henricia scrobiculata
                  Henricia smilax
                  Henricia diffidens
                  Henricia pagenstecheri
                  Henricia parva
                  Henricia antillarum
                  Henricia downeyae
                  Henricia obesa
                  Henricia ornata
                  Henricia sexradiata
                  Henricia simplex
                  Henricia studeri
                  Henricia reticulata
                  Henricia abyssalis
                  Henricia retecta
                  Henricia praestans
                  Henricia australis
                  Henricia spinulfera
                  Henricia derjugini
                  Henricia beringiana
                  Henricia aucklandiae
                  Henricia compacta
                  Henricia kapalae
                  Henricia lukinsii
                  Henricia ralphae
                  Henricia sufflata
                  Henricia tahia
                  Henricia ambigua
                  Henricia augusta
                  Henricia aniva
                  Henricia anomala
                  Henricia arctica
                  Henricia arcystata
                  Henricia aspera
                  Henricia asthenactis
                  Henricia clarki
                  Henricia densispina
                  Henricia dyscrita
                  Henricia elegans
                  Henricia exigua
                  Henricia gracilis
                  Henricia granulifera
                  Henricia hayashii
                  Henricia imitatrix
                  Henricia inexpectata
                  Henricia irregularis
                  Henricia kinkasana
                  Henricia kurilensis
                  Henricia leviuscula
                  Henricia longispina
                  Henricia microplax
                  Henricia mutans
                  Henricia nana
                  Henricia nipponica
                  Henricia ochotensis
                  Henricia ohshimai
                  Henricia orientalis
                  Henricia pachyderma
                  Henricia pacifica
                  Henricia pauperrima
                  Henricia polyacantha
                  Henricia pseudoleviuscula
                  Henricia reniossa
                  Henricia reticulata
                  Henricia robusta
                  Henricia sachalinica
                  Henricia saghaliensis
                  Henricia seminudus
                  Henricia singularis
                  Henricia tacita
                  Henricia tumida
                  Henricia abyssicola
                  Henricia abyssicola
                  Henricia angusta
                  Henricia annectens
                  Henricia antillarum
                  Henricia antillarum
                  Henricia attenuata
                  Henricia borealis
                  Henricia curta
                  Henricia eschrichti
                  Henricia heteractis
                  Henricia hyadesi
                  Henricia hyadesi
                  Henricia hyadesi
                  Henricia inequalis
                  Henricia microspina
                  Henricia lunula
                  Henricia multispina
                  Henricia multipapillata
                  Henricia miliaris
                  Henricia obesa
                  Henricia ornata
                  Henricia ornata
                  Henricia ornata
                  Henricia pagenstecheri
                  Henricia pagenstecheri
                  Henricia palaspina
                  Henricia reticulata
                  Henricia rudis
                  Henricia sanguinolenta
                  Henricia simplex
                  Henricia spatulifera
                  Henricia spiculifera
                  Henricia studeri
                  Henricia pumila
                  Henricia lineata
                  Henricia uluudax
                  Henricia iodinea
                  Henricia rhytisma
                  Henricia echinata
                  Henricia gemma
                  Henricia vermilion
                  Henricia elachys
                  Henricia insignis
              Magdalenaster
              Rhopia
              Cyllaster
              Spinohenricia
              Thyraster
              Verrillaster
              Linckia
              Rhopiella
              Odontohenricia
              Metrodira
              Plectaster
              Dictyaster
              Henricides
              Valvasterinae
              Acanthasterinae
              Mithrodinae
              Mithrodinae
              Scaphaster
              Echinaster
              Aleutihenricia
            Metrodiridae
            Mithrodiae
            Mithrodidae
      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