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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
            Buguloidea
              Beaniidae
              Bugulidae
                Bicellariella
                Bicellarina
                Bugula
                  Bugula aperta
                  Bugula avicularia
                  Bugula calathus
                      Bugula calathus calathus
                      Bugula calathus minor
                  Bugula flabellata
                  Bugula fulva
                  Bugula gautieri
                  Bugula germanae
                  Bugula gracilis
                  Bugula harmsworthi
                  Bugula neritina
                  Bugula plumosa
                  Bugula prenanti
                  Bugula purpurotincta
                  Bugula simplex
                  Bugula spicata
                  Bugula stolonifera
                  Bugula tricuspis
                  Bugula turbinata
                  Bugula fastigiata
                  Bugula robusta
                  Bugula angustiloba
                  Bugula dentata
                  Bugula californica
                  Bugula scaphula
                  Bugula providensis
                  Bugula miniatella
                  Bugula ceylonensis
                  Bugula robustoides
                  Bugula solorensis
                  Bugula paternostrae
                  Bugula capensis
                  Bugula cucullata
                  Bugula alba
                  Bugula biota
                  Bugula bowiei
                  Bugula foliolata
                  Bugula gnoma
                  Bugula guara
                  Bugula ingens
                  Bugula migottoi
                  Bugula rochae
                Bugulella
                Corynoporella
                Dendrobeania
                Kinetoskias
                Nordgaardia
                Uschakovia
                Cornucopina
                Farciminellopsis
                Bugularia
                Cuneiforma
                Dimetopia
                Falsibugulella
                Halophila
                Himantozoumella
                Luguba
                Semidendrobeania
                Semikinetoskias
                Sessibugula
                Thaminozoum
                Xenoflustra
              Candidae
              Epistomiidae
              Jubellidae
              Mourellinidae
            Cellarioidea
            Microporoidea
          Ascophora
      Ctenostomatida
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera