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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
                Tamaria
                  Tamaria floridae
                  Tamaria halperni
                  Tamaria passiflora
                  Tamaria marmorata
                  Tamaria lithosora
                  Tamaria fusca
                  Tamaria tenella
                  Tamaria giffordensis
                  Tamaria dubiosa
                  Tamaria hirsuta
                  Tamaria megaloplax
                  Tamaria obstipa
                  Tamaria ornata
                  Tamaria pusilla
                  Tamaria scleroderma
                  Tamaria stria
                  Tamaria triseriata
                  Tamaria tumescens
                  Tamaria ajax
                  Tamaria propetumescens
                  Tamaria tubifera
                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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Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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