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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
            Poraniidae
            Sphaerasteridae
            Solasteridae
            Oreasteridae
              Goniodiscus
              Oreaster
                  Oreaster reticulatus
                  Oreaster clavatus
                  Oreaster grayi
                  Oreaster superbus
                  Oreaster tuberculatus
                  Oreaster lincki
                  Oreaster aculeatus
                  Oreaster affinis
                  Oreaster alveolatus
                  Oreaster alveolatus
                  Oreaster armatus
                  Oreaster australis
                  Oreaster bermudensis
                  Oreaster clouei
                  Oreaster decipiens
                  Oreaster desjardinsi
                  Oreaster doederleini
                  Oreaster dorsatus
                  Oreaster franklini
                  Oreaster gigas
                  Oreaster gracilis
                  Oreaster granulosus
                  Oreaster grayi
                  Oreaster gustavianum
                  Oreaster hawaiiensis
                  Oreaster hedemanni
                  Oreaster hiulcus
                  Oreaster hiulcus
                  Oreaster hondurae
                  Oreaster intermedia
                  Oreaster lapidarius
                  Oreaster luetkeni
                  Oreaster magnificus
                  Oreaster mammillatus
                  Oreaster mammosus
                  Oreaster reinhartdi
                  Oreaster regulus
                  Oreaster productus
                  Oreaster occidentalis
                  Oreaster obtusatus
                  Oreaster obtusangulus
                  Oreaster nodulosus
                  Oreaster nodosus
                  Oreaster nodosus
                  Oreaster nahensis
                  Oreaster mutica
                  Oreaster muricatus
                  Oreaster muelleri
                  Oreaster modestus
                  Oreaster rouxi
                  Oreaster thurstoni
                  Oreaster troscheli
                  Oreaster tuberosus
                  Oreaster turritus
                  Oreaster valvulatus
                  Oreaster verrucosus
                  Oreaster westermanni
              Gymnasterias
              Pentaceraster
              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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