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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
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
          Capitata
            Candelabridae
            Corymorphidae
            Corynidae
                Actigia
                Coryne
                  Coryne brevicornis
                  Coryne caespes
                  Coryne clavata
                  Coryne epizoica
                  Coryne filiformis
                  Coryne fucicola
                  Coryne graeffei
                  Coryne hincksi
                  Coryne muscoides
                  Coryne pintneri
                  Coryne pusilla
                  Coryne squamata
                  Coryne sarsi
                  Coryne eximia
                  Coryne tubulosa
                  Coryne vanbenedeni
                  Coryne producta
                  Coryne prolifera
                  Coryne tricycla
                  Coryne brachiata
                  Coryne conferta
                  Coryne corrugata
                  Coryne crassa
                  Coryne dubia
                  Coryne ferox
                  Coryne heroni
                  Coryne longicornis
                  Coryne nutans
                  Coryne sagamiensis
                  Coryne sargassicola
                  Coryne uchidai
                  Coryne japonica
                  Coryne rosaria
                  Coryne vaginata
                  Coryne fructicosa
                  Coryne tenella
                  Coryne Hassalli
                  Coryne gracilis
                  Coryne nipponica
                  Coryne polyocellata
                Dipurena
                Sarsia
                Sarsiella
                Syncoryne
                Stauridiosarsia
                Bicorona
                Cladosarsia
                Dicyclocoryne
                Nannocoryne
                Polyorchis
                Scrippsia
                Spirocodon
                Stechowia
                Dipurenella
                Halybotrys
                Syncoryna
                Hermia
                Syndiction
                Sthenyo
                Slabberia
                Systrepha
                Codonium
            Tubulariidae
            Myriothelidae
            Cladonematidae
            Margelopsidae
            Porpitidae
            Zancleida
            Tubulariida
            Capitata incertae sedis
            Acaulidae
            Boreohydridae
            Cladocorynidae
            Eleutheriidae
            Euphysidae
            Zancleidae
            Halocorynidae
            Moerisiida
            Moerisiidae
            Paracorynidae
            Pennariidae
            Protohydridae
            Rosalindidae
            Sphaerocorynida
            Sphaerocorynidae
            Velellidae
            Chondrophora
            Halocordylidae
            Milleporidae
            Tricyclusidae
            Asyncorynidae
            Teissieridae
            Solanderiidae
            Boeromedusidae
            Polyorchidae
            Hydrocorynidae
            Zancleopsidae
            Halimedusidae
            Pseudosolanderiidae
            Symplectaneidae
            Ceratelladae
            Tubulariae
            Hybocodonidae
          Filifera
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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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