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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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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
              Spatangoida
                Hemiasteridae
                Brissidina
                  Asterostomatidae
                  Brissidae
                  Spatangidea
                    Loveniidae
                    Spatangidae
                      Spatagus
                      Spatangus
                          Spatangus brissus
                          Spatangus arcuarius
                          Spatangus canaliferus
                          Spatangus columbaris
                          Spatangus inermis
                          Spatangus meridionalis
                          Spatangus meridionalis
                          Spatangus ovatus
                          Spatangus purpureus
                          Spatangus raschi
                          Spatangus reginae
                          Spatangus spinosissimus
                          Spatangus elongata
                          Spatangus savignyi
                          Spatangus capensis
                          Spatangus lutkeni
                          Spatangus mathesoni
                          Spatangus multispinus
                          Spatangus beryl
                          Spatangus thor
                          Spatangus diomedeae
                          Spatangus altus
                          Spatangus californicus
                          Spatangus luetkeni
                          Spatangus pallidus
                          Spatangus paucituberculatus
                          Spatangus (Brissus)
                            Spatangus (Brissus) latecarinatus
                            Spatangus (Brissus) placenta
                            Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor
                          Spatangus (Tripylus)
                          Spatangus affinis
                          Spatangus atropos
                          Spatangus atropos
                          Spatangus australasiae
                          Spatangus carinatus
                          Spatangus compressus
                          Spatangus cordatus
                          Spatangus crux andreae
                          Spatangus cruxandreae
                          Spatangus elongatus
                          Spatangus lütkeni
                          Spatangus pectoralis
                          Spatangus planulatus
                          Spatangus praelongus
                          Spatangus Regina
                          Spatangus scillae
                          Spatangus sternalis
                          Spatangus subcarinatus
                          Spatangus ventricosus
                          Spatangus vulgaris
                          Spatangus reginae
                      Prospatangus
                      Plethotaenia
                      Granopatagus
                    Eupatagidae
                    Eurypatagidae
                    Macropneustidae
                    Maretiidae
                    Megapneustidae
                    Echinocardiidae
                    Eupatangidae
                    Meijeria
                    Lovenidæ
                  Antillasteridae
                  Palaeotropidae
                Micrasterina
                Paleopneustina
                Palaeostomatidae
                Somaliasteridae
                Spatangoida incertae sedis
                Toxasteridae
              Holasteroida
              Acrolusiidae
              Collyritidae
              Disasteridae
              Tithoniidae
              Galeropygoida
              Disasteroida
              Spatangidea
              Notidisaster
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera