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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
              Anthuridea
              Asellota
              Epicaridea
              Flabellifera
              Gnathiidea
              Microcerberidea
              Valvifera
                  Arcturidae
                  Chaetiliidae
                  Holognathidae
                  Idoteidae
                    Idotea
                    Paridotea
                    Synidotea
                    Synisoma
                    Zenobiana
                    Edotia
                    Erichsonella
                    Glyptidotea
                    Batedotea
                    Cleantiella
                    Colidotea
                    Crabyzos
                    Engidotea
                    Euidotea
                    Eusymmerus
                    Lyidotea
                    Moplisa
                    Parasymmerus
                    Pentias
                    Pentidotea
                    Platidotea
                    Synischia
                    Idoteidae incertae sedis
                    Stenosoma
                    Chaetilinae
                    Glyptonotinae
                    Mesidoteinae
                    Macrochiridotheinae
                    Parachiridoteinae
                    Erichsonia
                    Idotaea
                    Idothea
                    Zenobia
                    Miratidotea
                    Desmarestia
                    Epelys
                    Edotea
                    Tropedotea
                    Ronalea
                    Gonotus
                    Barnardidotea
                    Leptosoma
                  Austrarcturellidae
                  Antarcturidae
                  Holidoteidae
                  Pseudidotheidae
                  Rectarcturidae
                  Astacillidae
                  Idotheidae
                  Arcturididae
                  Xenarcturidae
                  Amesopodidae
              Oniscidea
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      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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