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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
          Valvatida
            Asterinidae
              Allopatiria
              Anseropoda
              Asterina
              Asteriscus
              Parasterina
              Patiria
              Tremaster
              Nepanthia
              Enoplopatiria
              Asterinides
              Carna
              Palmipes
              Kampylaster
              Asterinopsis
              Callopatiria
              Patiriella
              Paxillasterina
              Stegnaster
              Disasterina
              Cryptasterina
              Ganeriinae
              Desmopatiria
              Ctenaster
              Manasterina
              Paranepanthia
              Pseudonepanthia
              Pseudasterina
              Tegulaster
              Habroporina
              Patiria
              Ailsastra
              Aquilonastra
                  Aquilonastra byrneae
                  Aquilonastra colemani
                  Aquilonastra conandae
                  Aquilonastra doranae
                  Aquilonastra halseyae
                  Aquilonastra marshae
                  Aquilonastra moosleitneri
                  Aquilonastra oharai
                  Aquilonastra richmondi
                  Aquilonastra rowleyi
                  Aquilonastra samyni
                  Aquilonastra watersi
                  Aquilonastra yairi
                  Aquilonastra shirleyae
                  Aquilonastra anomala
                  Aquilonastra batheri
                  Aquilonastra burtoni
                  Aquilonastra cepheus
                  Aquilonastra corallicola
                  Aquilonastra coronata
                  Aquilonastra heteractis
                  Aquilonastra iranica
                  Aquilonastra limboonkengi
                  Aquilonastra minor
                  Aquilonastra rosea
                  Aquilonastra scobinata
              Pseudopatiria
              Indianastra
              Parvulastra
              Meridiastra
            Chaetasteridae
            Goniasteridae
            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
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