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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
          Paxillosida
          Valvatida
            Asterinidae
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
            Poraniidae
            Sphaerasteridae
            Solasteridae
            Oreasteridae
                Goniodiscus
                Oreaster
                Gymnasterias
                Pentaceraster
                  Pentaceraster multispinus
                  Pentaceraster gracilis
                  Pentaceraster regulus
                  Pentaceraster mammillatus
                  Pentaceraster horridus
                  Pentaceraster tuberculatus
                  Pentaceraster affinis
                  Pentaceraster alveolatus
                  Pentaceraster cumingi
                  Pentaceraster decipiens
                  Pentaceraster sibogae
                  Pentaceraster westermanni
                  Pentaceraster australis
                  Pentaceraster cebuana
                  Pentaceraster australis
                  Pentaceraster crassimana
                  Pentaceraster chinensis
                  Pentaceraster magnificus
                  Pentaceraster mammillatus
                  Pentaceraster odhneri
                  Pentaceraster orientalis
                Culcita
                Pseudoreaster
                Poraster
                Culcitaster
                Monachaster
                Halityle
                Pentaceros
                Anthenea
                Goniodiscides
                Protoreaster
                Choriaster
                Astrosarkus
                Nidorellia
                Goniodiscaster
                Acheronaster
                Anthaster
                Gymnanthenea
                Pentaster
                Pseudanthenea
                Randasia
                Nectriaster
                Bothriaster
                Hosia
                Hosea
                Pentaceropsis
            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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