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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                    Lithodidae
                        Lithodes
                        Neolithodes
                        Paralithodes
                        Paralomis
                          Paralomis bouvieri
                          Paralomis microps
                          Paralomis spectabilis
                          Paralomis africana
                          Paralomis cristulata
                          Paralomis erinacea
                          Paralomis birsteini
                          Paralomis formosa
                          Paralomis spinosissima
                          Paralomis arethusa
                          Paralomis cubensis
                          Paralomis hirtella
                          Paralomis jamsteci
                          Paralomis multispina
                          Paralomis verrilli
                          Paralomis elongata
                          Paralomis stevensi
                          Paralomis granulosa
                          Paralomis anamerae
                          Paralomis tuberipes
                          Paralomis mendagnai
                          Paralomis arae
                          Paralomis dawsoni
                          Paralomis echidna
                          Paralomis gowlettholmes
                          Paralomis poorei
                          Paralomis staplesi
                          Paralomis taylorae
                          Paralomis webberi
                          Paralomis zealandica
                          Paralomis stella
                          Paralomis ceres
                          Paralomis chilensis
                          Paralomis cristata
                          Paralomis danida
                          Paralomis diomedeae
                          Paralomis dofleini
                          Paralomis grossmani
                          Paralomis histrix
                          Paralomis hystrixoides
                          Paralomis inca
                          Paralomis indica
                          Paralomis investigatoris
                          Paralomis japonicus
                          Paralomis kyushupalauensis
                          Paralomis longidactylus
                          Paralomis longipes
                          Paralomis makarovi
                          Paralomis manningi
                          Paralomis medipacifica
                          Paralomis nivosa
                          Paralomis ochthodes
                          Paralomis odawarai
                          Paralomis otsuae
                          Paralomis pacifica
                          Paralomis papillata
                          Paralomis pectinata
                          Paralomis phrixa
                          Paralomis roeleveldae
                          Paralomis seagranti
                          Paralomis serrata
                          Paralomis truncatispinosa
                          Paralomis aculeata
                  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
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