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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
                    Argestes
                    Argestigens
                    Corallicletodes
                    Eurycletodes
                      Eurycletodes (Eurycletodes)
                      Eurycletodes (Oligocletodes)
                      Eurycletodes aberrans
                      Eurycletodes abyssi
                      Eurycletodes aculeatus
                      Eurycletodes arcticus
                      Eurycletodes denticulatus
                      Eurycletodes echinatus
                      Eurycletodes ephippiger
                      Eurycletodes gorbunovi
                      Eurycletodes hoplurus
                      Eurycletodes irelandica
                      Eurycletodes knoepffleri
                      Eurycletodes major
                      Eurycletodes minutus
                      Eurycletodes monardi
                      Eurycletodes oblongus
                      Eurycletodes peruanus
                      Eurycletodes petiti
                      Eurycletodes profundus
                      Eurycletodes quadrispinosus
                      Eurycletodes rectangulus
                      Eurycletodes serratus
                      Eurycletodes uniarticulatus
                      Eurycletodes verisimilis
                      Eurycletodes laticaudatus
                      Eurycletodes latus
                      Eurycletodes parasimilis
                      Eurycletodes similis
                      Eurycletodes laticauda
                      Eurycletodes sarsorum
                    Fultonia
                    Hemicletodes
                    Hypalocletodes
                    Leptocletodes
                    Mesocletodes
                    Neoargestes
                    Odiliacletodes
                    Parargestes
                    Pontocletodes
                    Dizahavia
                    Megistocletodes
                    Bodinia
                    Austrocletodes
                    Abyssameira
                    Actinocletodes
                    Argestoides
                    Rossacletodes
                Balaenophilidae
                Canthocamptidae
                Canuellidae
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera