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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
              Hacelia
              Narcissia
              Ophidiaster
              Drachmaster
              Copidaster
              Linckia
                Linckia bouvieri
                Linckia guildingi
                Linckia nodosa
                Linckia marmorata
                Linckia multifora
                Linckia diplax
                Linckia ehrenbergii
                Linckia laevigata
                Linckia miliaris
                Linckia pacifica
                Linckia typus
                Linckia aegyptiaca
                Linckia bifascialis
                Linckia browni
                Linckia bullisi
                Linckia columbiae
                Linckia costae
                Linckia crassae
                Linckia cylindrica
                Linckia desjardinsi
                Linckia diplax
                Linckia dubiosa
                Linckia formosa
                Linckia erythraea
                Linckia franciscus
                Linckia gracilis
                Linckia hemprichi
                Linckia hondurae
                Linckia intermedia
                Linckia kuhli
                Linckia leachi
                Linckia leviuscula
                Linckia milleporella
                Linckia milleporella
                Linckia nicobarica
                Linckia oculata
                Linckia ornithopus
                Linckia pauciforis
                Linckia pertusa
                Linckia pistoria
                Linckia pulchella
                Linckia pusilla
                Linckia pustulata
                Linckia rosea
                Linckia semiregularis
                Linckia rosenbergi
                Linckia semiseriata
                Linckia subulata
                Linckia tuberculata
                Linckia suturalis
                Linckia tyloplax
                Linckia typus
                Linckia unifascialis
                Linckia variolata
                Linckia (Phataria)
                Linckia (Acalia)
                    Linckia (Acalia) erythraea
                    Linckia (Acalia) intermedia
                    Linckia (Acalia) pulchella
              Tamaria
              Nardoa
              Cistina
              Ferdina
              Dactylosaster
              Gomophia
              Scytaster
              Leiaster
              Heteronardoa
              Andora
              Dissogenes
              Oneria
              Austrofromia
              Bunaster
              Celerina
              Certonardoa
              Devania
              Paraferdina
              Pharia
              Phataria
              Plenardoa
              Pseudophidiaster
              Sinoferdina
              Acalia
              Mithrodinae
              Chione
              Cribrella
              Lepidaster
              Melia
              Pseudolinckia
            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
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