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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
                Brachyura
                  Dromiacea
                  Eubrachyura
                    Heterotremata
                      Bythograeoidea
                      Calappoidea
                      Cancroidea
                      Dorippoidea
                      Goneplacoidea
                      Leucosioidea
                      Majoidea
                      Parthenopoidea
                      Portunoidea
                      Xanthoidea
                      Potamoidea
                      Aethroidea
                      Carpilioidea
                      Cheiragonoidea
                      Corystoidea
                        Corystidae
                            Corystes
                              Corystes cassivelaunus
                              Corystes dentatus
                            Gomeza
                      Dairoidea
                      Eriphioidea
                      Gecarcinucoidea
                      Hexapodoidea
                      Orithyioidea
                      Palicoidea
                      Pilumnoidea
                      Pseudothelphusoidea
                      Pseudozioidea
                      Retroplumoidea
                      Thioidea
                      Trichodactyloidea
                      Trapezioidea
                    Raninoida
                    Thoracotremata
                  Podotremata
                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