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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
    Stenolaemata
    Gymnolaemata
      Cheilostomatida
        Ascophorina
        Inovicellina
        Scrupariina
        Malacostegina
        Neocheilostomatina
          Flustrina
            Flustroidea
            Calloporoidea
                Calloporidae
                  Alderina
                  Ammatophora
                  Amphiblestrum
                  Aplousina
                  Callopora
                  Cauloramphus
                  Clavodesia
                  Copidozoum
                  Crassimarginatella
                  Ellisina
                  Megapora
                  Parellisina
                  Ramphonotus
                  Retevirgula
                  Tegella
                  Crepis
                  Daisyella
                  Flustrellaria
                  Cranosina
                  Bryocalyx
                  Leptinatella
                  Barrosia
                Chaperiidae
                Cupuladriidae
                Heliodomidae
                Foveolariidae
                Hiantoporidae
                Bryopastoridae
            Buguloidea
            Cellarioidea
            Microporoidea
          Ascophora
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera