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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
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
          Cirripedia
            Thoracica
              Pedunculata
              Sessilia
              Ibliformes
              Scalpelliformes
                Calanticidae
                Pollicipedidae
                Scalpellidae
                  Arcoscalpellinae
                    Amigdoscalpellum
                    Arcoscalpellum
                    Catherinum
                    Planoscalpellum
                    Tarasovium
                    Teloscalpellum
                        Teloscalpellum anceps
                        Teloscalpellum atlanticum
                        Teloscalpellum gracile
                        Teloscalpellum incisum
                        Teloscalpellum luteum
                        Teloscalpellum antillarum
                        Teloscalpellum album
                        Teloscalpellum antarcticum
                        Teloscalpellum argenteum
                        Teloscalpellum deforme
                        Teloscalpellum discolor
                        Teloscalpellum ecaudatum
                        Teloscalpellum fedicovi
                        Teloscalpellum imbricatum
                        Teloscalpellum latisculum
                        Teloscalpellum meropleura
                        Teloscalpellum pacificum
                        Teloscalpellum pasternakae
                        Teloscalpellum retrieveri
                        Teloscalpellum sanctipetrense
                        Teloscalpellum spicatum
                        Teloscalpellum ventricosum
                        Teloscalpellum gruvelianum
                    Trianguloscalpellum
                    Verum
                    Weltnerium
                    Anguloscalpellum
                    Pilsbryiscalpellum
                    Diceroscalpellum
                  Scalpellinae
                  Australscalpellum
                  Calanticinae
                  Barbascalpellum
                  Lithotrya
                  Abathescalpellum
                  Gymnoscalpellum
                  Mesoscalpellum
                  Brochiinae
                  Meroscalpellinae
                  Scalpellopsinae
                  Lithotryinae
                Eolepadidae
                Lithotryidae
                Pollicipidae
              Lepadiformes
              Cyprilepadiformes
            Acrothoracica
            Rhizocephala
          Ascothoracida
        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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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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