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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
              Hyperiidea
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
                Gammarida
                  Acanthonotozomatidae
                  Amathillopsidae
                  Ampeliscidae
                      Ampelisca
                      Byblis
                        Byblis abyssi
                        Byblis affinis
                        Byblis crassicornis
                        Byblis erythrops
                        Byblis gaimardi
                        Byblis guernei
                        Byblis longicornis
                        Byblis minuticornis
                        Byblis serrata
                        Byblis securiger
                        Byblis subantarctica
                        Byblis antarctica
                        Byblis pearcyi
                        Byblis gaimardii
                        Byblis albatrossae
                        Byblis ampelisciformis
                        Byblis arcticus
                        Byblis barbarensis
                        Byblis bathyalis
                        Byblis bega
                        Byblis brachycephala
                        Byblis brachyura
                        Byblis calisto
                        Byblis ceylonica
                        Byblis coeca
                        Byblis crenulata
                        Byblis cubensis
                        Byblis daleyi
                        Byblis febris
                        Byblis frigidus
                        Byblis gerara
                        Byblis gloriosae
                        Byblis inaequicornis
                        Byblis io
                        Byblis japonicus
                        Byblis kallarthra
                        Byblis lepta
                        Byblis longispina
                        Byblis medialis
                        Byblis mildura
                        Byblis millsi
                        Byblis mucronata
                        Byblis mulleni
                        Byblis nana
                        Byblis orientalis
                        Byblis pilosa
                        Byblis pirloti
                        Byblis plumosa
                        Byblis rhinoceros
                        Byblis robustus
                        Byblis setosus
                        Byblis tannerensis
                        Byblis teres
                        Byblis thyabilis
                        Byblis tinamba
                        Byblis veleronis
                        Byblis verae
                        Byblis vitjazi
                        Byblis angustifrons
                        Byblis bandasetus
                        Byblis bidentatus
                        Byblis bjornbergae
                        Byblis breviarticulate
                        Byblis huanghaiensis
                        Byblis laterocostatus
                        Byblis limus
                        Byblis longiflagelis
                        Byblis minuitus
                        Byblis nanshaensis
                        Byblis ovatocornutus
                        Byblis serrata
                        Byblis similis
                        Byblis spinicaudatus
                        Byblis typhlotes
                      Haploops
                      Byblisoides
                      Haploops
                  Amphilochidae
                  Anisogammaridae
                  Argissidae
                  Astyridae
                  Biancolinidae
                  Bogidiellidae
                  Carangoliopsidae
                  Cheluridae
                  Colomastigidae
                  Cressidae
                  Dexaminidae
                  Epimeriidae
                  Gammaracanthidae
                  Gammaridae
                  Haustoriidae
                  Hyperiopsidae
                  Iphimediidae
                  Lafystiidae
                  Laphystiopsidae
                  Lepechinellidae
                  Leucothoidae
                  Liljeborgiidae
                  Megaluropidae
                  Melitidae
                  Melphidippidae
                  Odiidae
                  Oedicerotidae
                  Pardaliscidae
                  Phoxocephalidae
                  Pleustidae
                  Pontoporeiidae
                  Sebidae
                  Stegocephalidae
                  Stenothoidae
                  Synopiidae
                  Urothoidae
                  Valettiidae
                  Atylidae
                  Tironidae
                  Bateidae
                  Clarenciidae
                  Lysianassoidea
                  Didymocheliidae
                  Eusiroidea
                  Pagetinidae
                  Phoxocephalopsidae
                  Pseudamphilochidae
                  Stilipedidae
                  Exoedicerotidae
                  Iphimedioidea
                  Acanthonotozomellidae
                  Ochlesidae
                  Trischizostomatidae
                  Paramphitoidae
                  Dikwidae
                  Urohaustoriidae
                  Zobrachoidae
                  Hadziidae
                  Platyischnopidae
                  Cyproideidae
                  Vicmusiidae
                  Cheidae
                  Lysianassidae s.l.
                  Cardenioidae
                  Alicellidae
                  Valettiopsidae
                  Maeridae
                  Miramarassidae
                  Thurstonellidae
                Talitrida
                Sicafodiidae
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
              Neomegamphopidae
              Iciliidae
              Iulopididae
              Kuriidae
              Maxillipiidae
              Paracalliopiidae
              Pleioplateidae
              Podoprionidae
              Priscillinidae
              Priscomilitaridae
              Prolanceolidae
              Regaliidae
              Sinurothoidae
              Sternophysingidae
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  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