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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
              Cribrilinoidea
                Cribrilinidae
                  Collarina
                  Cribrilina
                  Distansescharella
                  Figularia
                  Gephyrotes
                  Membraniporella
                  Puellina
                      Puellina arrecta
                      Puellina bathyalis
                      Puellina bifida
                      Puellina cassidainsis
                      Puellina corbula
                      Puellina denticulata
                      Puellina directa
                      Puellina gattyae
                      Puellina hincksi
                      Puellina innominata
                      Puellina minima
                      Puellina modica
                      Puellina orientalis
                      Puellina parva
                      Puellina pedunculata
                      Puellina picardi
                      Puellina praecox
                      Puellina pseudoradiata
                      Puellina radiata
                      Puellina setiformis
                        Puellina setiformis romana
                        Puellina setiformis setiformis
                      Puellina setosa
                      Puellina venusta
                      Puellina (Cribrilaria)
                      Puellina saldanhai
                      Puellina nana
                      Puellina caesia
                      Puellina septemcryptica
                      Puellina (Puellina)
                      Puellina (Glabrilaria)
                  Reginella
                  Callistopora
                  Inferusia
                  Anaskopora
                  Cribralaria
                  Hayamiellina
                  Dendroperistoma
                  Inversiscaphos
                  Cribrilaria
                  Glabrilaria
                  Jolietina
                  Jullienula
                  Reginelloides
                  Corbuliporina
                Euthyroididae
                Polliciporidae
              Taenioporinoidea
            Hippothoomorpha
            Lepraliomorpha
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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