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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
                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
                  Eurytemora
                      Eurytemora affinis
                      Eurytemora americana
                      Eurytemora grimmi
                      Eurytemora lacustris
                      Eurytemora raboti
                      Eurytemora velox
                      Eurytemora hirundoides
                      Eurytemora herdmani
                      Eurytemora pacifica
                      Eurytemora richingsi
                      Eurytemora adleri
                      Eurytemora anadryensis
                      Eurytemora arctica
                      Eurytemora asymmetrica
                      Eurytemora bilobata
                      Eurytemora canadensis
                      Eurytemora composita
                      Eurytemora foveola
                      Eurytemora gracilicauda
                      Eurytemora gracilis
                      Eurytemora kieferi
                      Eurytemora kurenkovi
                      Eurytemora thompsoni
                      Eurytemora tolli
                      Eurytemora transversalis
                      Eurytemora wolterecki
                      Eurytemora yukonensis
                      Eurytemora clausii
                      Eurytemora hirundo
                      Eurytemora inermis
                      Eurytemora johanseni
                      Eurytemora lacinulata
                      Eurytemora brodskyi
                      Eurytemora minor
                      Eurytemora intermedia
                      Eurytemora carolleeae
                  Temora
                  Temoropia
                  Epischura
                  Heterocope
                  Ganchosia
                  Halitemora
                  Lahmeyeria
                  Lamellipodia
                  Scopiphora
                  Temorella
                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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