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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
        Ancorinidae
          Ancorina
          Astrella
          Dercitancorina
          Dragmastra
          Ecionemia
          Holoxea
          Stellata
          Stelletta
              Stelletta (Pilochrota)
              Stelletta addita
              Stelletta aspera
              Stelletta boglicii
              Stelletta carbonaria
              Stelletta collingsi
              Stelletta defensa
              Stelletta dichoclada
              Stelletta dorsigera
              Stelletta fortis
              Stelletta grubii
              Stelletta helleri
              Stelletta hispida
              Stelletta lactea
              Stelletta mediterranea
              Stelletta mucronatus
              Stelletta normani
              Stelletta pachastrelloides
              Stelletta pumex
              Stelletta rhaphidiophora
              Stelletta simplicissima
              Stelletta stellata
              Stelletta tuberosa
              Stelletta wageneri
              Stelletta inermis
              Stelletta ventricosa
              Stelletta rhaphiophora
              Stelletta aeruginosa
              Stelletta agglutinans
              Stelletta agulhana
              Stelletta anancora
              Stelletta arenaria
              Stelletta aruensis
              Stelletta atrophia
              Stelletta bocki
              Stelletta brevidens
              Stelletta brevioxea
              Stelletta brevis
              Stelletta capensis
              Stelletta carolinensis
              Stelletta cavernosa
              Stelletta centroradiata
              Stelletta centrotyla
              Stelletta ceylonica
              Stelletta clarella
              Stelletta clavosa
              Stelletta colombiana
              Stelletta communis
              Stelletta conulosa
              Stelletta crassicula
              Stelletta crassispicula
              Stelletta crater
              Stelletta cyathoides
              Stelletta cylindrica
              Stelletta debilis
                Stelletta debilis var. stenospiculata
              Stelletta dendyi
              Stelletta digitifera
              Stelletta discolor
              Stelletta durissima
              Stelletta eduardoi
              Stelletta estrella
              Stelletta farcimen
              Stelletta fibrosa
              Stelletta fibulifera
              Stelletta freitasi
              Stelletta gigantea
              Stelletta gigas
              Stelletta grubioides
              Stelletta hajdui
              Stelletta herdmani
              Stelletta horrens
              Stelletta hyperoxea
              Stelletta incrustans
              Stelletta incrustata
              Stelletta individua
              Stelletta japonica
              Stelletta jonesi
              Stelletta kallitetilla
              Stelletta kundukensis
              Stelletta latiancora
              Stelletta lithodes
              Stelletta longicladus
              Stelletta mamilliformis
              Stelletta maori
              Stelletta mauritiana
              Stelletta maxima
              Stelletta misakensis
              Stelletta morikawai
              Stelletta moseleyi
              Stelletta naseana
              Stelletta novaezealandiae
              Stelletta orientalis
              Stelletta orthotriaena
              Stelletta osculifera
              Stelletta ovalae
              Stelletta pachydermata
              Stelletta parva
              Stelletta parvispicula
              Stelletta paucistellata
              Stelletta phialimorpha
              Stelletta phrissens
              Stelletta pisum
              Stelletta plagioreducta
              Stelletta porosa
              Stelletta pudica
              Stelletta pulchra
              Stelletta pulvinata
              Stelletta purpurea
              Stelletta pygmaeorum
              Stelletta pyriformis
              Stelletta radicifera
              Stelletta retroclada
              Stelletta ridleyi
              Stelletta ruetzleri
              Stelletta rugosa
              Stelletta sandalinum
              Stelletta siemensi
              Stelletta sigmatriaena
              Stelletta solida
              Stelletta solidissima
              Stelletta sphaerica
              Stelletta sphaeroides
              Stelletta splendens
              Stelletta stellifera
              Stelletta subtilis
              Stelletta tenuispicula
              Stelletta teres
              Stelletta tethyopsis
              Stelletta tetrafurcata
              Stelletta toxiastra
              Stelletta trichotriaena
              Stelletta trisclera
              Stelletta tuba
              Stelletta tuberculata
              Stelletta tulearensis
              Stelletta vaceleti
              Stelletta validissima
              Stelletta variabilis
              Stelletta variohamata
              Stelletta vestigium
              Stelletta vosmaeri
              Stelletta anasteria
              Stelletta aspera
              Stelletta solida
              Stelletta scabra
              Stelletta intermedia
              Stelletta pathologica
              Stelletta ochracea
              Stelletta mastoidea
              Stelletta profunditatis
              Stelletta brunnea
              Stelletta reniformis
              Stelletta ternatensis
              Stelletta variastra
              Stelletta anceps
              Stelletta arenitecta
              Stelletta bougainvillea
              Stelletta columna
              Stelletta dolabra
              Stelletta inconspicua
              Stelletta nereis
              Stelletta pilula
              Stelletta renilla
              Stelletta tuber
              Stelletta tuberosa
              Stelletta echinoides
              Stelletta nux
              Stelletta aurora
              Stelletta globostellata
              Stelletta reticulata
              Stelletta immunda
              Stelletta discophora
              Stelletta mamillaris
              Stelletta geodides
              Stelletta robusta
              Stelletta lobata
              Stelletta australiensis
              Stelletta bacillifera
              Stelletta truncata
              Stelletta geodina
              Stelletta bacca
              Stelletta beae
              Stelletta globulariformis
              Stelletta grubei
              Stelletta transiens
              Stelletta soteropolitana
              Stelletta crassiclada
              Stelletta calyx
              Stelletta spinulosa
              Stelletta stenospiculata
              Stelletta digitata
          Stryphnus
          Dorypleres
          Jaspis
          Stellettinopsis
          Dercitus
          Asteropus
          Cryptosyringa
          Disyringa
          Psammastra
          Rhabdastrella
          Tethyopsis
          Tribrachium
          Chelotropella
          Stoeba
          Monosyringa
          Sanidastrella
          Agilardiella
          Anthastra
          Astroplakina
          Aurora
          Collingsia
          Cryptotethya
          Diastra
          Hezekia
          Jasplakina
          Kapnesolenia
          Monosyringia
          Monotria
          Myriastra
          Pachamphilla
          Papyrula
          Pilochrota
          Seiriola
          Tethia
          Thalassomora
          Tribrachion
          Zaplethea
          Seriola
          Battersbyia
          Halinastra
          Rhabdodragma
          Calcabrina
          Sanidasterinae
          Stellettinae
          Ancorinidae incertae sedis
          Geostelletta
        Coppatiidae
        Geodiidae
        Pachastrellidae
        Theneidae
        Thrombidae
        Stellettidae
        Calthropellidae
        Alectonidae
        Thoosidae
        Astrophorida incertae sedis
        Vulcanellidae
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  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