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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                Aetideidae
                  Aetideopsis
                  Aetideus
                  Batheuchaeta
                  Bradyetes
                  Bradyidius
                  Chiridiella
                  Chiridius
                  Chirundina
                  Comantenna
                  Euchirella
                  Gaetanus
                  Gaidius
                  Jaschnovia
                  Paracomantenna
                  Pseudeuchaeta
                      Pseudeuchaeta brevicauda
                      Pseudeuchaeta acuticornis
                      Pseudeuchaeta arctica
                      Pseudeuchaeta flexuosa
                      Pseudeuchaeta magna
                      Pseudeuchaeta spinata
                      Pseudeuchaeta major
                      Pseudeuchaeta minor
                  Pseudochirella
                  Pseudotharybis
                  Undeuchaeta
                  Valdiviella
                  Euaetideus
                  Bryaxis
                  Pseudaetideus
                  Chirundinella
                  Parabradyidius
                  Azygokeras
                  Crassantenna
                  Gaidiopsis
                  Lutamator
                  Mesocomantenna
                  Autanepsius
                  Bradyanus
                  Bryaxona
                  Derjuginia
                  Faroella
                  Mesogaidius
                  Mesundeuchaeta
                  Paivella
                  Paraetideus
                  Plagiopus
                  Pseudogaetanus
                  Pseudoothrix
                  Pterochirella
                  Senecella
                  Snelliaetideus
                  Sursamucro
                  Undinopsis
                  Wilsonidius
                  Prolutamator
                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
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Archaea
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