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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
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
                Hacelia
                Narcissia
                Ophidiaster
                Drachmaster
                Copidaster
                Linckia
                  Linckia bouvieri
                  Linckia guildingi
                  Linckia nodosa
                  Linckia marmorata
                  Linckia multifora
                  Linckia diplax
                  Linckia ehrenbergii
                  Linckia laevigata
                  Linckia miliaris
                  Linckia pacifica
                  Linckia typus
                  Linckia aegyptiaca
                  Linckia bifascialis
                  Linckia browni
                  Linckia bullisi
                  Linckia columbiae
                  Linckia costae
                  Linckia crassae
                  Linckia cylindrica
                  Linckia desjardinsi
                  Linckia diplax
                  Linckia dubiosa
                  Linckia formosa
                  Linckia erythraea
                  Linckia franciscus
                  Linckia gracilis
                  Linckia hemprichi
                  Linckia hondurae
                  Linckia intermedia
                  Linckia kuhli
                  Linckia leachi
                  Linckia leviuscula
                  Linckia milleporella
                  Linckia milleporella
                  Linckia nicobarica
                  Linckia oculata
                  Linckia ornithopus
                  Linckia pauciforis
                  Linckia pertusa
                  Linckia pistoria
                  Linckia pulchella
                  Linckia pusilla
                  Linckia pustulata
                  Linckia rosea
                  Linckia semiregularis
                  Linckia rosenbergi
                  Linckia semiseriata
                  Linckia subulata
                  Linckia tuberculata
                  Linckia suturalis
                  Linckia tyloplax
                  Linckia typus
                  Linckia unifascialis
                  Linckia variolata
                  Linckia (Phataria)
                  Linckia (Acalia)
                Tamaria
                Nardoa
                Cistina
                Ferdina
                Dactylosaster
                Gomophia
                Scytaster
                Leiaster
                Heteronardoa
                Andora
                Dissogenes
                Oneria
                Austrofromia
                Bunaster
                Celerina
                Certonardoa
                Devania
                Paraferdina
                Pharia
                Phataria
                Plenardoa
                Pseudophidiaster
                Sinoferdina
                Acalia
                Mithrodinae
                Chione
                Cribrella
                Lepidaster
                Melia
                Pseudolinckia
            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
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