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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
                  Codonellina
                  Hippomonavella
                  Hippoporina
                  Metroperiella
                  Pentapora
                  Schizomavella
                    Schizomavella arrogata
                    Schizomavella auriculata
                        Schizomavella auriculata asymetrica
                        Schizomavella auriculata hirsuta
                        Schizomavella auriculata inordinata
                        Schizomavella auriculata leontiniensis
                        Schizomavella auriculata lineata
                    Schizomavella cristata
                    Schizomavella cuspidata
                    Schizomavella discoidea
                    Schizomavella fischeri
                    Schizomavella gautieri
                    Schizomavella hastata
                    Schizomavella hondti
                    Schizomavella linearis
                    Schizomavella mamillata
                    Schizomavella marsupifera
                    Schizomavella monoecensis
                    Schizomavella neptuni
                    Schizomavella ochracea
                    Schizomavella porifera
                    Schizomavella rudis
                    Schizomavella sarniensis
                    Schizomavella teresae
                    Schizomavella triangularis
                    Schizomavella asymetrica
                    Schizomavella cornuta
                    Schizomavella halimedae
                    Schizomavella subsolana
                    Schizomavella noronhai
                Smittinidae
                Watersiporidae
              Celleporoidea
              Mamilloporoidea
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera