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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
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
            Pourtalesioida
            Atelostomata
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
              Cassiduloida
              Clypeasteroida
                Laganina
                Scutellina
                Rotulina
                Clypeasterina
                  Clypeasteridae
                    Clypeaster
                        Clypeaster fervens
                        Clypeaster reticulatus
                        Clypeaster scutiformis
                        Clypeaster humilis
                        Clypeaster rarispinus
                        Clypeaster eurychorius
                        Clypeaster amplificatus
                        Clypeaster subdepressum
                        Clypeaster rosaceus
                        Clypeaster japonicus
                        Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus)
                        Clypeaster (Anomalanthus)
                        Clypeaster chesheri
                        Clypeaster euclastus
                        Clypeaster luetkeni
                        Clypeaster prostratus
                        Clypeaster ravenelii
                        Clypeaster subdepressus
                          Clypeaster subdepressus lobulatus
                          Clypeaster subdepressus subdepressus
                        Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus)
                        Clypeaster (Alexandria)
                        Clypeaster (Bunactis)
                        Clypeaster (Coronanthus)
                        Clypeaster (Leptoclypus)
                        Clypeaster (Orthanthus)
                        Clypeaster (Pavaya)
                        Clypeaster isolatus
                        Clypeaster kieri
                        Clypeaster aloysioi
                        Clypeaster durandi
                        Clypeaster oliveirai
                        Clypeaster annandalei
                        Clypeaster australasiae
                        Clypeaster cyclopilus
                        Clypeaster elongatus
                        Clypeaster europacificus
                        Clypeaster euryptealus
                        Clypeaster lamprus
                        Clypeaster latissimus
                        Clypeaster leptostracon
                        Clypeaster lytopetalus
                        Clypeaster miniaceus
                        Clypeaster nummus
                        Clypeaster ochrus
                        Clypeaster ohshimensis
                        Clypeaster pallidus
                        Clypeaster pateriformis
                        Clypeaster rangianus
                        Clypeaster rotundus
                        Clypeaster speciosus
                        Clypeaster telurus
                        Clypeaster tumidus
                        Clypeaster virescens
                        Clypeaster microstomus
                        Clypeaster ambigenus
                        Clypeaster ambigenus
                        Clypeaster audouini
                        Clypeaster clypeus
                        Clypeaster destinatus
                        Clypeaster excelsior
                        Clypeaster laganum
                        Clypeaster latus
                        Clypeaster lütkeni
                        Clypeaster micropetalus
                        Clypeaster oviformis
                        Clypeaster pentaporus
                        Clypeaster placunarius
                        Clypeaster pulvinulus
                        Clypeaster ravenellii
                        Clypeaster riisei
                        Clypeaster rumphii
                        Clypeaster saisseti
                        Clypeaster scutiforme
                        Clypeaster tumescens
                        Clypeaster minihagali
                    Arachnoidinae
                    Ammotrophinae
                    Clypeasterinae
                    Nyctimene
                    Paratina
                    Oxypleura
                    Myophyma
                    Laganidea
                    Bunactis
                    Anomalanthus
                    Pavaya
                    Stolonoclypus
                    Echinanthus
                    Scutum
                    Platypleura
                    Alexandria
                    Echinorodorum
                    Rojasaster
                    Rhaphidoclypus
                    Laubeanthus
                    Leptoclypeus
                    Rhaphydoclypus
                    Orthanthus
                    Zanolettii
                    Herrerasia
                    Alexandraspis
                    Pliophyma
                    Platyclypeina
                    Guebhardanthus
                    Paratinanthus
                    Oxyclypeina
                    Coronanthus
                    Paleanthus
                    Eurypleura
                    Eurycoila
                    Dactylanthus
                    Biarrizella
                    Plesianthus
                    Diplothecanthus
                    Tholeopelta
                  Arachnoididae
                  Fossulasteridae
                  Scutellinoididae
                Conoclypidae
                Faujasiidae
                Oligopygidae
                Plesiolampadidae
                Togocyamids
              Apatopygidae
              Echinolampadoida
              Archiaciidae
              Claviasteridae
              Clypeidae
              Clypeolampadidae
              Nucleolitidae
              Pygaulidae
            Microstomata
            Echinoneoida
            Desorellidae
            Galeropygidae
            Pygasteridae
            Pygorhytidae
            Gitolampadids
            Pygurids
            Catopygids
            Hyboclypids
            Mesodiadema
            Loriolella
            Pseudopygaster
            Menopygidae
            Infraclypeidae
            Grasia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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