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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
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                    Galatheidae
                    Porcellanidae
                        Pisidia
                        Porcellana
                          Porcellana platycheles
                          Porcellana longicornis
                          Porcellana sigsbeiana
                          Porcellana pulchra
                          Porcellana habei
                          Porcellana persica
                          Porcellana curvifrons
                          Porcellana sayana
                          Porcellana lillyae
                          Porcellana paivacarvalhoi
                          Porcellana caparti
                          Porcellana elegans
                          Porcellana cancrisocialis
                          Porcellana paguriconviva
                          Porcellana africana
                          Porcellana corbicola
                          Porcellana mattosi
                          Porcellana carinata
                          Porcellana cristata
                          Porcellana corallicola
                          Porcellana spinosa
                          Porcellana patagonica
                          Porcellana pulchelulla
                          Porcellana maculata
                          Porcellana streptochirus
                          Porcellana streptochira
                          Porcellana gaekwari
                          Porcellana armata
                          Porcellana latifons
                          Porcellana robusta
                          Porcellana rosamondae
                          Porcellana parrai
                          Porcellana rugosimanus
                          Porcellana pisum
                          Porcellana pulchella
                          Porcellana sollasi
                          Porcellana gundlachii
                          Porcellana leporina
                          Porcellana rugosa
                          Porcellana rupicola
                          Porcellana barbata
                          Porcellana acanthophora
                          Porcellana dubia
                          Porcellana sexspinosa
                          Porcellana danae
                          Porcellana egragia
                          Porcellana striata
                          Porcellana inermis
                          Porcellana valida
                          Porcellana dentata
                          Porcellana pulchripes
                          Porcellana speciosa
                          Porcellana bellis
                          Porcellana cessacii
                          Porcellana annulipes
                          Porcellana speciosa
                          Porcellana mossambica
                          Porcellana magnifica
                          Porcellana penicillata
                          Porcellana villosa
                          Porcellana affinis
                          Porcellana lobifrons
                          Porcellana tuberculifrons
                          Porcellana affinis
                          Porcellana tuberculifrons
                          Porcellana macrocheles
                          Porcellana rostrata
                          Porcellana spinulifrons
                          Porcellana macrocheles
                          Porcellana crepinii
                          Porcellana creplinii
                          Porcellana obesula
                          Porcellana tuberculosa
                          Porcellana hancocki
                          Porcellana sayii
                          Porcellana ocellata
                          Porcellana sagrai
                          Porcellana stimpsoni
                          Porcellana robertsoni
                          Porcellana hirta
                        Polyonyx
                        Pachycheles
                        Porcellanella
                        Neopetrolisthes
                        Petrolisthes
                        Aliaporcellana
                        Capilliporcellana
                        Enosteoides
                        Heteropolyonyx
                        Lissoporcellana
                        Petrocheles
                        Novorostrum
                        Raphidopus
                        Eulenaios
                        Pseudoporcellanella
                        Ancylocheles
                        Heteroporcellana
                        Allopetrolisthes
                        Clastotoechus
                        Euceramus
                        Liopetrolisthes
                        Madarateuchus
                        Megalobrachium
                        Neopisosoma
                        Parapetrolisthes
                        Minyocerus
                        Orthochela
                        Ulloaia
                        Porcellanopsis
                        Porcellanides
                        Porcellina
                        Pisosoma
                        Streptochirus
                        Platycheles
                        Enostea
                        Polyonix
                        Percellana
                    Munidopsidae
                    Munididae
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          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