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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
              Anthuridea
              Asellota
              Epicaridea
              Flabellifera
              Gnathiidea
              Microcerberidea
              Valvifera
                Arcturidae
                    Arcturella
                    Arcturinella
                    Arcturopsis
                    Arcturus
                    Astacilla
                      Astacilla arietina
                      Astacilla axeli
                      Astacilla bocagei
                      Astacilla bonnieri
                      Astacilla gorgonophila
                      Astacilla granulata
                      Astacilla intermedia
                      Astacilla longicornis
                      Astacilla mediterranea
                      Astacilla pusilla
                      Astacilla affinis
                      Astacilla amblyura
                      Astacilla bonnierii
                      Astacilla boreaphilis
                      Astacilla caeca
                      Astacilla cingulata
                      Astacilla corniger
                      Astacilla cymodocea
                      Astacilla depressa
                      Astacilla eminentia
                      Astacilla gibbossa
                      Astacilla laevis
                      Astacilla lasallae
                      Astacilla lauffi
                      Astacilla lewtonae
                      Astacilla longispina
                      Astacilla marna
                      Astacilla monodi
                      Astacilla paucisetosa
                      Astacilla serrata
                      Astacilla tayronae
                      Astacilla tranquilla
                      Astacilla mccaini
                      Astacilla spinicutis
                      Astacilla dilatata
                      Astacilla anophthalmus
                      Astacilla diomedeae
                      Astacilla attenuata
                      Astacilla bacillus
                      Astacilla californica
                      Astacilla deducta
                      Astacilla falclandica
                      Astacilla kerguelensis
                      Astacilla magellanica
                      Astacilla polita
                      Astacilla vicaria
                      Astacilla macilenta
                      Astacilla danmoniensis
                      Astacilla bispinata
                      Astacilla brevipes
                      Astacilla carlosteroi
                      Astacilla cornuta
                      Astacilla dollfusi
                      Astacilla estherae
                      Astacilla lineata
                      Astacilla lobulata
                      Astacilla longipes
                      Astacilla nodosa
                      Astacilla poorei
                      Astacilla pustulata
                      Astacilla sawayae
                      Astacilla spinata
                      Astacilla glabrus
                      Astacilla americana
                      Astacilla dilatata
                      Astacilla estadoensis
                      Astacilla fusiformis
                      Astacilla giardi
                      Astacilla inaequispinosa
                      Astacilla levis
                      Astacilla marionensis
                      Astacilla monoseta
                      Astacilla setosa
                      Astacilla sheardi
                      Astacilla deshaysi
                    Spectarcturus
                    Agularcturus
                    Amesopous
                    Arctopsis
                    Arcturina
                    Arcturinoides
                    Edwinjoycea
                    Idarcturus
                    Neastacilla
                    Parapleuroprion
                    Parastacilla
                    Arcturidae incertae sedis
                    Microarcturus
                    Leachia
                    Leacia
                Chaetiliidae
                Holognathidae
                Idoteidae
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera