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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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
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
            Astropectinidae
              Astropecten
              Bathybiaster
              Crenaster
              Dytaster
              Ilyaster
              Leptychaster
              Lonchotaster
              Persephonaster
                  Persephonaster leptactis
                  Persephonaster patagiatus
                  Persephonaster sphenoplax
                  Persephonaster spinulosus
                  Persephonaster croceus
                  Persephonaster echinulatus
                  Persephonaster cingulatus
                  Persephonaster sewelli
                  Persephonaster roulei
                  Persephonaster facetus
                  Persephonaster exquisitus
                  Persephonaster euryactis
                  Persephonaster armiger
                  Persephonaster asper
                  Persephonaster celebensis
                  Persephonaster coelochilus
                  Persephonaster gracilis
                  Persephonaster anacanthus
                  Persephonaster anchistus
                  Persephonaster brevispinus
                  Persephonaster euryplax
                  Persephonaster habrogenys
                  Persephonaster humilis
                  Persephonaster luzonicus
                  Persephonaster misakiensis
                  Persephonaster monostoechus
                  Persephonaster oediplax
                  Persephonaster neozelanicus
                  Persephonaster multicinctus
                  Persephonaster penicillatus
                  Persephonaster pulcher
                  Persephonaster rhodopeplus
                  Persephonaster setoensis
                  Persephonaster suluensis
                  Persephonaster tenuis
                  Persephonaster triacanthus
              Phoxaster
              Plutonaster
              Psilaster
              Psilasteropsis
              Tethyaster
              Ripaster
              Leptoptychaster
              Sideriaster
              Moiraster
              Stellaria
              Crenaster
              Phidiaster
              Mimastrella
              Astropectinides
              Blakiaster
              Dipsacaster
              Macroptychaster
              Patagiaster
              Astromesites
              Proserpinaster
              Bunodaster
              Craspidaster
              Ctenophoraster
              Ctenopleura
              Thrissacanthias
              Tritonaster
              Trophodiscus
              Anthosticte
              Koremaster
              Glyphaster
              Nauricia
              Parastropecten
              Priamaster
              Porcellanasterinae
              Bollonaster
            Ctenodiscidae
            Luidiidae
            Porcellanasteridae
            Radiasteridae
            Goniopectinidae
            Pseudarchasteridae
            Plutonasteridae
            Mimasteridae
          Valvatida
        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
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