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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
                Watersiporidae
                    Watersipora
                      Watersipora aterrima
                      Watersipora complanata
                      Watersipora cucullata
                      Watersipora subovoidea
                      Watersipora subtorquata
                      Watersipora arcuata
                      Watersipora edmondsoni
              Celleporoidea
              Mamilloporoidea
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera