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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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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
                    Fultonia
                    Hemicletodes
                    Hypalocletodes
                    Leptocletodes
                    Mesocletodes
                      Mesocletodes abyssicola
                      Mesocletodes ameliae
                      Mesocletodes arenicola
                      Mesocletodes bathybia
                      Mesocletodes bodini
                      Mesocletodes brevifurca
                      Mesocletodes carpinei
                      Mesocletodes duosetosus
                      Mesocletodes faroerensis
                      Mesocletodes fladensis
                      Mesocletodes glaber
                      Mesocletodes guillei
                      Mesocletodes inermis
                      Mesocletodes irrasus
                      Mesocletodes katharinae
                      Mesocletodes kunzi
                      Mesocletodes monensis
                      Mesocletodes parabodini
                      Mesocletodes quadrispinosa
                      Mesocletodes robustus
                      Mesocletodes sarsi
                      Mesocletodes soyeri
                      Mesocletodes thieli
                      Mesocletodes trisetosa
                      Mesocletodes variabilis
                      Mesocletodes boutieri
                      Mesocletodes commixtus
                      Mesocletodes dolichurus
                      Mesocletodes farauni
                      Mesocletodes langi
                      Mesocletodes makarovi
                      Mesocletodes opoteros
                      Mesocletodes parirrasus
                      Mesocletodes gigas
                      Mesocletodes angolaensis
                      Mesocletodes bicornis
                      Mesocletodes dorsiprocessus
                      Mesocletodes meteorensis
                      Mesocletodes elmari
                    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