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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
          Ascophora
            Umbonulomorpha
            Acanthostegomorpha
            Hippothoomorpha
            Lepraliomorpha
              Schizoporelloidea
              Smittinoidea
                Bitectiporidae
                Smittinidae
                    Pseudoflustra
                    Parasmittina
                    Smittina
                      Smittina affinis
                      Smittina bella
                      Smittina cervicornis
                      Smittina cheilostoma
                      Smittina colleti
                      Smittina crystallina
                      Smittina inerma
                      Smittina jeffreysi
                      Smittina jordii
                      Smittina landsborovii
                      Smittina majuscula
                      Smittina malleolus
                      Smittina minuscula
                      Smittina remotorostrata
                      Smittina rigida
                      Smittina smitti
                      Smittina tubulifera
                      Smittina mucronata
                      Smittina oblita
                      Smittina migottoi
                    Smittoidea
                    Phylactella
                    Prenantia
                    Bostrychophora
                Watersiporidae
              Celleporoidea
              Mamilloporoidea
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera