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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
              Astrogonium
              Ceramaster
              Dorigona
              Goniaster
              Mediaster
              Nymphaster
              Peltaster
              Plinthaster
              Sphaeriodiscus
              Stephanaster
              Fromia
              Phaneraster
              Philonaster
              Eugoniaster
              Pyrenaster
              Chitonaster
              Notioceramus
              Anthenoides
              Apollonaster
              Astroceramus
              Circeaster
              Cladaster
              Diplasiaster
              Floriaster
              Litonotaster
              Pillsburiaster
              Rosaster
              Tessellaster
              Pentagonasterinae
                Pentagonaster
                    Pentagonaster affinis
                    Pentagonaster arenatus
                    Pentagonaster balteatus
                    Pentagonaster concinnus
                    Pentagonaster crassus
                    Pentagonaster dentatus
                    Pentagonaster deplasi
                    Pentagonaster elongatus
                    Pentagonaster eximius
                    Pentagonaster gosselini
                    Pentagonaster grandis
                    Pentagonaster grenadensis
                    Pentagonaster haesitans
                    Pentagonaster hystricis
                    Pentagonaster kergroheni
                    Pentagonaster lepidus
                    Pentagonaster minor
                    Pentagonaster mirabilis
                    Pentagonaster perrieri
                    Pentagonaster planus
                    Pentagonaster simplex
                    Pentagonaster subspinosus
                    Pentagonaster ternalis
                    Pentagonaster vincenti
                    Pentagonaster intermedius
                    Pentagonaster alexandri
                    Pentagonaster patagonicus
                    Pentagonaster semilunatus
                    Pentagonaster moebii
                    Pentagonaster belli
                    Pentagonaster dilatatus
                    Pentagonaster duebeni
                    Pentagonaster elegans
                    Pentagonaster pulchellus
                    Pentagonaster abnormalis
                    Pentagonaster acutus
                    Pentagonaster ammophilus
                    Pentagonaster annandalei
                    Pentagonaster arcuatus
                    Pentagonaster astrologorum
                    Pentagonaster attenuatus
                    Pentagonaster auratus
                    Pentagonaster australis
                    Pentagonaster austrogranularis
                    Pentagonaster austro-granularis
                    Pentagonaster belcheri
                    Pentagonaster borealis
                    Pentagonaster childreni
                    Pentagonaster coppingeri
                    Pentagonaster crassimanus
                    Pentagonaster cuenoti
                    Pentagonaster doederleini
                    Pentagonaster emma
                    Pentagonaster equestris
                    Pentagonaster ernesti
                    Pentagonaster fallax
                    Pentagonaster grandis
                    Pentagonaster granularis
                    Pentagonaster granulatus
                    Pentagonaster granulosus
                    Pentagonaster greeni
                    Pentagonaster gunni
                    Pentagonaster hispidus
                    Pentagonaster inaequalis
                    Pentagonaster incei
                    Pentagonaster investigatoris
                    Pentagonaster jacqueti
                    Pentagonaster japonica
                    Pentagonaster lamarcki
                    Pentagonaster longimanus
                    Pentagonaster magnificus
                    Pentagonaster meridionalis
                    Pentagonaster miliaris
                    Pentagonaster minimus
                    Pentagonaster misakiensis
                    Pentagonaster mortenseni
                    Pentagonaster muelleri
                    Pentagonaster nidarosiensis
                    Pentagonaster nobilis
                    Pentagonaster ornatus
                    Pentagonaster parvus
                    Pentagonaster paxillosus
                    Pentagonaster paxillosus
                    Pentagonaster pedicellaris
                    Pentagonaster verrucosus
                    Pentagonaster validus
                    Pentagonaster tuberculosus
                    Pentagonaster tubercularis
                    Pentagonaster stibarus
                    Pentagonaster squamulosus
                    Pentagonaster spinulosus
                    Pentagonaster singularis
                    Pentagonaster pulvinus
                Tosia
                Toraster
                Eknomiaster
                Akelbaster
                Ryukuaster
                Pawsonaster
                Anchitosia
              Mabahissaster
              Stellaster
              Ogmaster
              Calliaster
              Stellasteropsis
              Siraster
              Neoferdina
              Lithosoma
              Pentoplia
              Glyphodiscus
              Iconaster
              Atelorias
              Astrothauma
              Milteliphaster
              Calliderma
              Enigmaster
              Lydiaster
              Pontioceramus
              Kermitaster
              Pseudoceramaster
              Nectria
              Astropatricia
              Hippasterinae
              Gigantaster
              Johannaster
              Mariaster
              Progoniaster
              Pseudogoniodiscaster
              Sibogaster
              Styphlaster
              Antheniaster
              Isaster
              Leptogonaster
              Nereidaster
              Tosiaster
              Dorigona
              Eratosaster
            Odontasteridae
            Ophidiasteridae
            Poraniidae
            Sphaerasteridae
            Solasteridae
            Oreasteridae
            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