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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                    Acartia
                      Acartia adriatica
                      Acartia bifilosa
                      Acartia centrura
                      Acartia clausi
                      Acartia danae
                      Acartia discaudata
                      Acartia enzoi
                      Acartia fossae
                      Acartia italica
                      Acartia longiremis
                      Acartia margalefi
                      Acartia negligens
                      Acartia plumosa
                      Acartia teclae
                      Acartia tonsa
                      Acartia (Acartia)
                      Acartia (Hypoacartia)
                      Acartia (Acartiura)
                      Acartia (Acanthacartia)
                      Acartia intermedia
                      Acartia forcipata
                      Acartia hudsonica
                      Acartia tumida
                      Acartia amboinensis
                      Acartia bispinosa
                      Acartia natalensis
                      Acartia pietschmani
                      Acartia grani
                      Acartia australis
                      Acartia bilobata
                      Acartia bowmani
                      Acartia (Euacartia)
                      Acartia (Odontacartia)
                      Acartia africana
                      Acartia bacorehuisensis
                      Acartia baylyi
                      Acartia bermudensis
                      Acartia californiensis
                      Acartia chilkaensis
                      Acartia denticornis
                      Acartia dweepi
                      Acartia ensifera
                      Acartia erythraea
                      Acartia fancetti
                      Acartia fariai
                      Acartia floridana
                      Acartia giesbrechti
                      Acartia gracilis
                      Acartia hamata
                      Acartia iseana
                      Acartia japonica
                      Acartia jilletti
                      Acartia josephinae
                      Acartia latisetosa
                      Acartia lefevreae
                      Acartia levequei
                      Acartia lilljeborgii
                      Acartia longipatella
                      Acartia longisetosa
                      Acartia mediterranea
                      Acartia nana
                      Acartia omorii
                      Acartia pacifica
                      Acartia pietschmanni
                      Acartia ransoni
                      Acartia remivagantis
                      Acartia simplex
                      Acartia sinjiensis
                      Acartia southwelli
                      Acartia spinata
                      Acartia spinicauda
                      Acartia steueri
                      Acartia tokiokai
                      Acartia tortaniformis
                      Acartia tranteri
                      Acartia tropica
                      Acartia tsuensis
                      Acartia verrucosa
                      Acartia asymmetrica
                      Acartia dubia
                      Acartia gravelyi
                      Acartia kempi
                      Acartia keralensis
                      Acartia laxa
                      Acartia limpida
                      Acartia macropus
                      Acartia major
                      Acartia minor
                      Acartia seshaiyai
                      Acartia sewelli
                      Acartia sarojus
                      Acartia hongi
                      Acartia lillgeborgii
                      Acartia mossi
                      Acartia ponteloides
                      Acartia ohtsukai
                      Acartia clausii
                      Acartia (Acartiella)
                      Acartia mollicula
                      Acartia eremeevi
                    Paracartia
                    Pteriacartia
                    Acartiella
                    Dias
                    Hypoacartia
                    Mesqueria
                Aetideidae
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                Bathypontiidae
                Calanidae
                Candaciidae
                Centropagidae
                Clausocalanidae
                Diaixidae
                Discoidae
                Eucalanidae
                Euchaetidae
                Heterorhabdidae
                Lucicutiidae
                Mecynoceridae
                Megacalanidae
                Mesaiokeratidae
                Metridinidae
                Paracalanidae
                Parapontellidae
                Phaennidae
                Phyllopodidae
                Pontellidae
                Pseudocyclopidae
                Pseudocyclopiidae
                Pseudodiaptomidae
                Ridgewayiidae
                Ryocalanidae
                Scolecitrichidae
                Spinocalanidae
                Stephidae
                Temoridae
                Tharybidae
                Pseudocalanidae
                Calocalanidae
                Nullosetigeridae
                Rhincalanidae
                Kyphocalanidae
                Rostrocalanidae
            Podoplea
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      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