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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
      Asteroidea
        Velatida
        Platyasterida
        Concentricycloidea
        Euclasteroidea
        Forcipulatacea
          Brisingida
          Forcipulatida
            Asteriidae
              Asteracanthion
              Asterias
              Coscinasterias
              Icasterias
              Leptasterias
                  Leptasterias (Endogenasterias)
                  Leptasterias (Hexasterias)
                  Leptasterias (Leptasterias)
                  Leptasterias canuti
                  Leptasterias clavispina
                  Leptasterias degerboelli
                  Leptasterias floccosa
                  Leptasterias hispida
                  Leptasterias littoralis
                  Leptasterias tenera
                  Leptasterias austera
                  Leptasterias compta
                  Leptasterias hispidella
                  Leptasterias polaris
                  Leptasterias aleutica
                  Leptasterias arctica
                  Leptasterias asteira
                  Leptasterias danica
                  Leptasterias derbeki
                  Leptasterias derjungini
                  Leptasterias fisheri
                  Leptasterias granulata
                  Leptasterias groenlandica
                  Leptasterias hexactis
                  Leptasterias ochotensis
                  Leptasterias aequalis
                  Leptasterias similispinis
                  Leptasterias (Nesasterias)
                  Leptasterias acervata
                  Leptasterias aphelonota
                  Leptasterias asiatica
                  Leptasterias bartletti
                  Leptasterias beringensis
                  Leptasterias carinata
                  Leptasterias confinis
                  Leptasterias cribraria
                  Leptasterias crassa
                  Leptasterias fascicularis
                  Leptasterias epichlora
                  Leptasterias epichlora
                  Leptasterias hartii
                  Leptasterias floccosoides
                  Leptasterias glomerata
                  Leptasterias hirsuta
                  Leptasterias hylodes
                  Leptasterias hyperborea
                  Leptasterias intermedia
                  Leptasterias intermedia
                  Leptasterias islandica
                  Leptasterias insolens
                  Leptasterias kussakini
                  Leptasterias leptalea
                  Leptasterias macouni
                  Leptasterias meridionalis
                  Leptasterias mexicana
                  Leptasterias obtecta
                  Leptasterias orientalis
                  Leptasterias polythela
                  Leptasterias pribilofensis
                  Leptasterias pusilla
                  Leptasterias shumaginensis
                  Leptasterias siberica
                  Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias)
                  Leptasterias squamulata
                  Leptasterias stolacantha
                  Leptasterias subarctica
                  Leptasterias tatarica
                  Leptasterias truculenta
                  Leptasterias ushakovi
                  Leptasterias vancouveri
                  Leptasterias vinogradovi
                  Leptasterias muelleri
                  Leptasterias alaskensis
                  Leptasterias camtschatica
                  Leptasterias coei
                  Leptasterias leptodoma
                  Leptasterias polymorpha
                  Leptasterias schmidti
                  Leptasterias dispar
              Lytaster
              Marthasterias
              Sclerasterias
              Stellonia
              Stephanasterias
              Urasterias
              Coronaster
              Orthasterias
              Nanaster
              Uraster
              Allasterias
              Triplasterias
              Parasterias
              Asteracanthium
              Distolasterias
              Eustolasterias
              Eoleptasterias
              Stylasterias
              Diplasterias
              Lysasterias
              Notasterias
              Anasterias
              Caimanaster
              Cryptasterias
              Kenrickaster
              Neosmilaster
              Saliasterias
              Lethasterias
              Perissasterias
              Adelasterias
              Calvasterias
              Pisaster
              Evasterias
              Rathbunaster
              Plazaster
              Meyenaster
              Astrometis
              Astrostole
              Aphanasterias
              Australiaster
              Taranuiaster
              Tarsastrocles
              Uniophora
              Rumbleaster
              Aphelasterias
              Anasterias
              Calasterias
              Coelasterias
              Diplasterias
              Hemiasterias
              Kalyptasterias
              Koehleraster
              Mortensenia
              Autasterias
              Paedasterias
              Parastichaster
              Sporasterias
              Stichorella
              Asteroderma
              Podasterias
              Polyasterias
              Ctenasterias
              Quadraster
              Stenasterias
              Notasteriinae
            Labidiasteridae
            Neomorphasteridae
            Pedicellasteridae
            Zoroasteridae
            Stichasteridae
            Heliasteridae
            Pycnopodiidae
        Valvatacea
        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