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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.

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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
                Penaeoidea
                  Aristeidae
                  Benthesicymidae
                  Penaeidae
                      Funchalia
                      Marsupenaeus
                      Melicertus
                      Metapenaeopsis
                        Metapenaeopsis aegyptia
                        Metapenaeopsis mogiensis
                        Metapenaeopsis hilarula
                        Metapenaeopsis velutina
                        Metapenaeopsis distincta
                        Metapenaeopsis philippii
                        Metapenaeopsis erythraea
                        Metapenaeopsis scotti
                        Metapenaeopsis toloensis
                        Metapenaeopsis stridulans
                        Metapenaeopsis miersi
                        Metapenaeopsis barbata
                        Metapenaeopsis vaillanti
                        Metapenaeopsis gerardoi
                        Metapenaeopsis acclivis
                        Metapenaeopsis andamanensis
                        Metapenaeopsis angusta
                        Metapenaeopsis assimilis
                        Metapenaeopsis beebei
                        Metapenaeopsis ceylonica
                        Metapenaeopsis commensalis
                        Metapenaeopsis coniger
                        Metapenaeopsis costata
                        Metapenaeopsis crassissima
                        Metapenaeopsis dalei
                        Metapenaeopsis difficilis
                        Metapenaeopsis dura
                        Metapenaeopsis evermanni
                        Metapenaeopsis faouzii
                        Metapenaeopsis fusca
                        Metapenaeopsis gaillardi
                        Metapenaeopsis gallensis
                        Metapenaeopsis goodei
                        Metapenaeopsis hobbsi
                        Metapenaeopsis incisa
                        Metapenaeopsis ivanovi
                        Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei
                        Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis
                        Metapenaeopsis lamellata
                        Metapenaeopsis lata
                        Metapenaeopsis laubieri
                        Metapenaeopsis lindae
                        Metapenaeopsis liui
                        Metapenaeopsis mannarensis
                        Metapenaeopsis manningi
                        Metapenaeopsis marquesas
                        Metapenaeopsis martinella
                        Metapenaeopsis menoui
                        Metapenaeopsis mineri
                        Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae
                        Metapenaeopsis palmensis
                        Metapenaeopsis parahilarula
                        Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis
                        Metapenaeopsis persica
                        Metapenaeopsis propinqua
                        Metapenaeopsis proxima
                        Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata
                        Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata
                        Metapenaeopsis richeri
                        Metapenaeopsis rosea
                        Metapenaeopsis sibogae
                        Metapenaeopsis sinica
                        Metapenaeopsis sinuosa
                        Metapenaeopsis smithi
                        Metapenaeopsis spatulata
                        Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi
                        Metapenaeopsis stokmani
                        Metapenaeopsis tarawensis
                        Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae
                        Metapenaeopsis tenella
                        Metapenaeopsis wellsi
                        Metapenaeopsis provocatoria
                        Metapenaeopsis pubescens
                        Metapenaeopsis batei
                        Metapenaeopsis kuboi
                      Metapenaeus
                      Parapenaeus
                      Pelagopenaeus
                      Penaeopsis
                      Penaeus
                      Trachysalambria
                      Farfantepenaeus
                      Litopenaeus
                      Rimapenaeus
                      Atypopenaeus
                      Trachypenaeus
                      Parapenaeopsis
                      Macropetasma
                      Trachypenaeopsis
                      Artemesia
                      Fenneropenaeus
                      Heteropenaeus
                      Megokris
                      Miyadiella
                      Protrachypene
                      Tanypenaeus
                      Xiphopenaeus
                  Sicyoniidae
                  Solenoceridae
                Sergestoidea
              Pleocyemata
          Peracarida
        Hoplocarida
      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