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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
    Chaetonotoidea
    Macrodasyoidea
    Macrodasyida
      Chordodasyidae
      Dactylopodolidae
      Lepidodasyidae
          Cephalodasys
          Dolichodasys
          Lepidodasys
          Megadasys
          Mesodasys
            Mesodasys adenotubulatus
            Mesodasys ischiensis
            Mesodasys laticaudatus
            Mesodasys litoralis
            Mesodasys lobocercus
            Mesodasys hexapodus
            Mesodasys brittanica
            Mesodasys littoralis
            Mesodasys rupperti
          Paradasys
          Pleurodasys
          Psammodasys
      Macrodasyidae
      Planodasyidae
      Thaumastodermatidae
      Turbanellidae
      Xenodasyidae
      Redudasyidae
      Cephalodasyidae
    Chaetonotida
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera