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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
                Aetideidae
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                  Augaptilina
                  Augaptilus
                      Augaptilus anceps
                      Augaptilus cornutus
                      Augaptilus glacialis
                      Augaptilus longicaudatus
                      Augaptilus megalurus
                      Augaptilus spinifrons
                      Augaptilus lamellifer
                      Augaptilus angustus
                      Augaptilus antarcticus
                      Augaptilus brevicaudatus
                      Augaptilus californicus
                      Augaptilus cucullatus
                      Augaptilus depressus
                      Augaptilus elongatus
                      Augaptilus facilis
                      Augaptilus fungiferus
                      Augaptilus gibbus
                      Augaptilus gracilis
                      Augaptilus horridus
                      Augaptilus laticeps
                      Augaptilus longicirrhus
                      Augaptilus longimanus
                      Augaptilus lucidus
                      Augaptilus macrodus
                      Augaptilus magnus
                      Augaptilus nodifrons
                      Augaptilus oblongus
                      Augaptilus placitus
                      Augaptilus pyramidalis
                      Augaptilus rattrayi
                      Augaptilus romanus
                      Augaptilus rostratus
                      Augaptilus similis
                      Augaptilus simplex
                      Augaptilus subfiligerus
                      Augaptilus tenuicaudis
                      Augaptilus truncatus
                      Augaptilus validus
                      Augaptilus zetesios
                      Augaptilus bullifer
                      Augaptilus filigerus
                      Augaptilus hecticus
                      Augaptilus palumboi
                      Augaptilus squamatus
                      Augaptilus clavatus
                      Augaptilus latifrons
                      Augaptilus rigidus
                  Centraugaptilus
                  Euaugaptilus
                  Haloptilus
                  Heteroptilus
                  Pachyptilus
                  Pseudaugaptilus
                  Pseudhaloptilus
                  Pontoptilus
                  Alrhabdus
                  Hemicalanus
                  Neoaugaptilus
                  Pseudohaloptilus
                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
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