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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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
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
            Benthopectinidae
              Benthopecten
                  Benthopecten simplex
                  Benthopecten spinosissimus
                  Benthopecten spinosus
                  Benthopecten spinosus
                  Benthopecten fischeri
                  Benthopecten folini
                  Benthopecten armatus
                  Benthopecten pedicifer
                  Benthopecten incertus
                  Benthopecten acanthonotus
                  Benthopecten chardyi
                  Benthopecten claviger
                  Benthopecten cognatus
                  Benthopecten heteracanthus
                  Benthopecten huddlestonii
                  Benthopecten indicus
                  Benthopecten moluccanus
                  Benthopecten munidae
                  Benthopecten mutabilis
                  Benthopecten occidentalis
                  Benthopecten pectinifer
                  Benthopecten pentacanthus
                  Benthopecten pikei
                  Benthopecten polyctenius
                  Benthopecten rhopalophorus
                  Benthopecten semisquamatus
                  Benthopecten spinuliger
                  Benthopecten styracius
                  Benthopecten violaceus
              Cheiraster
              Luidiaster
              Pararchaster
              Pectinaster
              Pontaster
              Gaussaster
              Acantharchaster
              Acontiaster
              Barbadosaster
              Christopheraster
              Marcellaster
              Myonotus
              Nearchaster
              Pectinaster
              Saraster
          Paxillosida
          Valvatida
        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