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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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
    Tunicata
      Ascidiacea
        Aplousobranchia
            Clavelinidae
            Didemnidae
            Polycitoridae
            Polyclinidae
              Aplidiopsis
              Aplidium
              Polyclinella
              Polyclinum
              Sidneioides
              Sidnyum
              Synoicum
              Morchellium
              Amaroucium
              Psammaplidium
              Amaroecium
              Amoroecium
              Amouroecium
              Amouroucium
              Aplidie
              Atopogaster
              Circinalium
              Fragarium
              Glossophorum
              Heterotrema
              Lissamaroucium
              Macrenteron
              Macroclinum
              Morchelloides
              Neodictyon
              Parascidia
              Parascidium
              Polyclinoides
              Polyclinopsis
              Psammaplidum
              Fragaroides
              Aplidum
              Homoeodistoma
            Euherdmaniidae
        Phlebobranchia
        Stolidobranchia
      Larvacea
      Sorberacea
      Thaliacea
      Appendicularia
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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