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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
        Phlebobranchia
        Stolidobranchia
          Molgulidae
          Pyuridae
          Styelidae
              Alloeocarpa
              Bathyoncus
              Bathystyeloides
              Botrylloides
                Botrylloides leachi
                Botrylloides violaceus
                Botrylloides aureum
                Botrylloides diegense
                Botrylloides gregalis
                Botrylloides nigrum
                Botrylloides meandrinum
                Botrylloides chevalense
                Botrylloides fuscus
                Botrylloides leachii
                Botrylloides lenis
                Botrylloides lentus
                Botrylloides saccus
                Botrylloides simodensis
                Botrylloides anceps
                Botrylloides perspicuus
                Botrylloides purpureum
                Botrylloides superbum
                Botrylloides albicans
                Botrylloides aurantium
                Botrylloides aurea
                Botrylloides boloniense
                Botrylloides carnosum
                Botrylloides chazaliei
                Botrylloides clavelina
                Botrylloides cyanescens
                Botrylloides diegensis
                Botrylloides eligulatum
                Botrylloides fulgurale
                Botrylloides insigne
                Botrylloides lateritium
                Botrylloides leptum
                Botrylloides maeandrium
                Botrylloides magnicoecum
                Botrylloides magnicoecus
                Botrylloides magnum
                Botrylloides namei
                Botrylloides niger
                Botrylloides parvulum
                Botrylloides parvulus
                Botrylloides perspicuum
                Botrylloides prostratum
                Botrylloides pusilla
                Botrylloides radiata
                Botrylloides ramulosa
                Botrylloides rotifera
                Botrylloides rubrum
                Botrylloides rugosum
                Botrylloides sparsa
                Botrylloides translucidum
                Botrylloides tyreum
                Botrylloides vinosa
                Botrylloides violaceum
                Botrylloides maeandrius
                Botrylloides magnus
                Botrylloides planus
                Botrylloides giganteum
              Botryllus
              Cnemidocarpa
              Dendrodoa
              Dicarpa
              Distomus
              Eusynstyela
              Kukenthalia
              Pelonaia
              Polyandrocarpa
              Polycarpa
              Protostyela
              Psammostyela
              Seriocarpa
              Stolonica
              Styela
              Tibitin
              Minostyela
              Polyzoa
              Metrocarpa
              Dextrocarpa
              Gynandrocarpa
              Metandrocarpa
              Symplegma
              Amphicarpa
              Alcyonium
              Alleocarpa
              Arnbackia
              Asterocarpa
              Azygocarpa
              Berillia
              Botryllocarpa
              Botryorchis
              Chorizocarpa
              Chorizocormus
              Clavellinopsis
              Diandrocarpa
              Dictyostyela
              Glandula
              Goniocarpa
              Goodsiria
              Katatropa
              Michaelsenia
              Molstyela
              Monandrocarpa
              Monoandrocarpa
              Monobotryllus
              Myxobotrus
              Oculinaria
              Okamia
              Oligocarpa
              Pandocia
              Parabotryllus
              Polycyclus
              Protobotryllus
              Psammobotrus
              Psilostyela
              Redikorzevia
              Sarcobotrylloides
              Styeloides
              Styelopsis
              Syncarpa
              Synstyela
              Theodorella
              Thylacium
              Vannamea
              Ypsilocarpa
              Podostyela
          Hexacrobylidae
      Larvacea
      Sorberacea
      Thaliacea
      Appendicularia
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera