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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
                  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
                    Eusiridae
                      Cleonardo
                      Eusirella
                      Eusirogenes
                      Eusirus
                      Laothoe
                      Rhachotropis
                          Rhachotropis aculeata
                          Rhachotropis arii
                          Rhachotropis caeca
                          Rhachotropis distincta
                          Rhachotropis faeroensis
                          Rhachotropis gislii
                          Rhachotropis glabra
                          Rhachotropis grimaldii
                          Rhachotropis helleri
                          Rhachotropis inermis
                          Rhachotropis inflata
                          Rhachotropis integricauda
                          Rhachotropis kergueleni
                          Rhachotropis leucophthalma
                          Rhachotropis lomonosovi
                          Rhachotropis macropus
                          Rhachotropis oculata
                          Rhachotropis proxima
                          Rhachotropis rostrata
                          Rhachotropis thordisae
                          Rhachotropis thorkelli
                          Rhachotropis tumida
                          Rhachotropis gracilis
                          Rhachotropis schellenbergi
                          Rhachotropis hunteri
                          Rhachotropis antarctica
                          Rhachotropis anoculata
                          Rhachotropis elliottana
                          Rhachotropis flamina
                          Rhachotropis licornia
                          Rhachotropis pilosa
                          Rhachotropis flemmingi
                          Rhachotropis levantis
                          Rhachotropis northriana
                          Rhachotropis abyssalis
                          Rhachotropis americana
                          Rhachotropis anomala
                          Rhachotropis barnardi
                          Rhachotropis boreopacifica
                          Rhachotropis calceolata
                          Rhachotropis cervus
                          Rhachotropis chathamensis
                          Rhachotropis clemens
                          Rhachotropis conlanae
                          Rhachotropis delicata
                          Rhachotropis gloriosae
                          Rhachotropis gubilata
                          Rhachotropis lobata
                          Rhachotropis leuculenta
                          Rhachotropis ludificor
                          Rhachotropis minuta
                          Rhachotropis multesimus
                          Rhachotropis natator
                          Rhachotropis paeneglaber
                          Rhachotropis palporum
                          Rhachotropis platycera
                          Rhachotropis portoricana
                          Rhachotropis rossi
                          Rhachotropis siboge
                          Rhachotropis wimvaderi
                      Meteusiroides
                      Harcledo
                    Gammarellidae
                    Calliopiidae
                    Pontogeneiidae
                  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
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Fungi
Protozoa
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Chromista
Archaea
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