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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.

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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
        Valvatacea
          Notomyotida
          Paxillosida
          Valvatida
            Asterinidae
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
            Poraniidae
            Sphaerasteridae
            Solasteridae
            Oreasteridae
              Goniodiscus
                  Goniodiscus acutus
                  Goniodiscus placenta
                  Goniodiscus placentaeformis
                  Goniodiscus sebae
                  Goniodiscus capella
                  Goniodiscus sanderi
                  Goniodiscus acutus
                  Goniodiscus armata
                  Goniodiscus conifer
                  Goniodiscus articulatus
                  Goniodiscus articulatus
                  Goniodiscus cuspidatus
                  Goniodiscus foraminatus
                  Goniodiscus forficulatus
                  Goniodiscus frascheli
                  Goniodiscus gracilis
                  Goniodiscus granuliferus
                  Goniodiscus horridus
                  Goniodiscus insignis
                  Goniodiscus michelini
                  Goniodiscus ocelliferus
                  Goniodiscus pedicellaris
                  Goniodiscus penicillatus
                  Goniodiscus pentagonulus
                  Goniodiscus pleyadella
                  Goniodiscus porosus
                  Goniodiscus rugosus
                  Goniodiscus scaber
                  Goniodiscus seriatus
                  Goniodiscus singularis
                  Goniodiscus stella
                  Goniodiscus stella
                  Goniodiscus studeri
                  Goniodiscus vallei
                  Goniodiscus verrucosus
              Oreaster
              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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera