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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
                  Adenopleurellidae
                  Aegisthidae
                  Ambunguipedidae
                  Ameiridae
                  Ancorabolidae
                  Arenopontiidae
                  Argestidae
                  Balaenophilidae
                  Canthocamptidae
                  Canuellidae
                    Brianola
                    Canuella
                    Canuellina
                    Canuellopsis
                    Nathaniella
                    Scottolana
                    Sunaristes
                    Ellucana
                    Ifanella
                    Galapacanuella
                    Parasunaristes
                    Elanella
                    Coullana
                    Microcanuella
                    Intersunaristes
                    Echinosunaristes
                    Intercanuella
                    Indicanuella
                    Longipedina
                    Scottolana
                  Cerviniidae
                  Cletodidae
                  Cletopsyllidae
                  Clytemnestridae
                  Cristacoxidae
                  Cylindropsyllidae
                  Danielsseniidae
                  Darcythompsoniidae
                  Diosaccidae
                  Ectinosomatidae
                  Euterpinidae
                  Harpacticidae
                  Huntemanniidae
                  Laophontidae
                  Laophontopsidae
                  Latiremidae
                  Leptastacidae
                  Leptopontiidae
                  Longipediidae
                  Louriniidae
                  Metidae
                  Miraciidae
                  Neobradyidae
                  Normanellidae
                  Novocriniidae
                  Orthopsyllidae
                  Paramesochridae
                  Parastenheliidae
                  Parastenocarididae
                  Peltidiidae
                  Phyllognathopodidae
                  Porcellidiidae
                  Psammopsyllidae
                  Rhizothricidae
                  Rotundiclipeidae
                  Superornatiremidae
                  Tachidiidae
                  Tegastidae
                  Tetragonicepsidae
                  Thalestridae
                  Thompsonulidae
                  Tisbidae
                  Zosimeidae
                  Paranannopidae
                  Ectinosomidae
                  Pseudopeltidiidae
                  Pteropsyllidae
                  Rhynchothalestridae
                  Pseudotachidiidae
                  Idyanthidae
                  Dactylopusiidae
                  Ismardiidae
                  Metahuntemanniidae
                  Heteropsyllidae
                  Parameiropsidae
                  Nannopodidae
                  Idyaeidae
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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