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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
          Notomyotida
          Paxillosida
          Valvatida
            Asterinidae
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
              Astrogonium
                  Astrogonium aculeatum
                  Astrogonium aequabile
                  Astrogonium annectens
                  Astrogonium aphrodite
                  Astrogonium boreale
                  Astrogonium dubium
                  Astrogonium eminens
                  Astrogonium fallax
                  Astrogonium greeni
                  Astrogonium hystrix
                  Astrogonium longobrachiale
                  Astrogonium marginatum
                  Astrogonium necator
                  Astrogonium tuberculatum
                  Astrogonium patagonicum
                  Astrogonium abnormale
                  Astrogonium articulatum
                  Astrogonium astrologorum
                  Astrogonium australe
                  Astrogonium bourgeti
                  Astrogonium crassimanum
                  Astrogonium cuspidatum
                  Astrogonium discus
                  Astrogonium duebeni
                  Astrogonium emili
                  Astrogonium fonki
                  Astrogonium geometricum
                  Astrogonium gracilie
                  Astrogonium granulare
                  Astrogonium gunni
                  Astrogonium huttoni
                  Astrogonium inaequale
                  Astrogonium intermedium
                  Astrogonium jordani
                  Astrogonium lamarcki
                  Astrogonium magnificum
                  Astrogonium meridionale
                  Astrogonium miliare
                  Astrogonium mozaicum
                  Astrogonium ornatum
                  Astrogonium parelii
                  Astrogonium paxillosum
                  Astrogonium phrygianum
                  Astrogonium pretiosus
                  Astrogonium pulchellum
                  Astrogonium roseum
                  Astrogonium rugosum
                  Astrogonium semilunatus
                  Astrogonium souleyeti
                  Astrogonium tessellatum
              Ceramaster
              Dorigona
              Goniaster
              Mediaster
              Nymphaster
              Peltaster
              Plinthaster
              Sphaeriodiscus
              Stephanaster
              Fromia
              Phaneraster
              Philonaster
              Eugoniaster
              Pyrenaster
              Chitonaster
              Notioceramus
              Anthenoides
              Apollonaster
              Astroceramus
              Circeaster
              Cladaster
              Diplasiaster
              Floriaster
              Litonotaster
              Pillsburiaster
              Rosaster
              Tessellaster
              Pentagonasterinae
              Mabahissaster
              Stellaster
              Ogmaster
              Calliaster
              Stellasteropsis
              Siraster
              Neoferdina
              Lithosoma
              Pentoplia
              Glyphodiscus
              Iconaster
              Atelorias
              Astrothauma
              Milteliphaster
              Calliderma
              Enigmaster
              Lydiaster
              Pontioceramus
              Kermitaster
              Pseudoceramaster
              Nectria
              Astropatricia
              Hippasterinae
              Gigantaster
              Johannaster
              Mariaster
              Progoniaster
              Pseudogoniodiscaster
              Sibogaster
              Styphlaster
              Antheniaster
              Isaster
              Leptogonaster
              Nereidaster
              Tosiaster
              Dorigona
              Eratosaster
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
            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
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera