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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
              Allopatiria
              Anseropoda
              Asterina
                Asterina borealis
                Asterina gibbosa
                Asterina minuta
                Asterina pancerii
                Asterina phylactica
                Asterina wega
                Asterina fimbriata
                Asterina folium
                Asterina hartmeyeri
                Asterina stellifera
                    Asterina stellifera obtusa
                Asterina cepheus
                Asterina burtoni
                Asterina miniata
                Asterina exigua
                Asterina coronata
                Asterina gracilispina
                Asterina coccinea
                Asterina dyscrita
                Asterina frigida
                Asterina hamiltoni
                Asterina perrieri
                Asterina regularis
                Asterina wesseli
                Asterina agustincasoi
                Asterina alba
                Asterina alutaceus
                Asterina anomala
                Asterina atyphoida
                Asterina aucklandensis
                Asterina batheri
                Asterina belcheri
                Asterina bispinosa
                Asterina brevis
                Asterina cabbalistica
                Asterina chilensis
                Asterina coccinea
                Asterina corallicola
                Asterina crassispina
                Asterina coronata
                Asterina gayi
                Asterina heteractis
                Asterina inopinata
                Asterina iranica
                Asterina limboonkengi
                Asterina lorioli
                Asterina lutea
                Asterina minor
                Asterina modesta
                Asterina pectinifera
                Asterina perplexa
                Asterina sarasini
                Asterina scobinata
                Asterina spinigera
                Asterina orthodon
                Asterina oliveri
                Asterina nuda
                Asterina trochiscus
                Asterina tumida
                Asterina tuberculata
                Asterina novaezelandiae
                Asterina novaezelandiae
                Asterina pentagona
                Asterina gunni
                Asterina granifera
                Asterina hoensonae
                Asterina leptalacantha
                Asterina ocellifera
                Asterina pilosa
                Asterina lymani
                Asterina pseudoexigua
                Asterina penicillaris
              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
              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
Monera