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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 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 purpurea var. parvistella
                Stelletta purpurea var. grisea
                Stelletta purpurea var. retroflexa
            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