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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
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
              Monstrilloida
                Monstrillidae
                    Cymbasoma
                      Cymbasoma claparedei
                      Cymbasoma frondipes
                      Cymbasoma longispinosum
                      Cymbasoma malaquini
                      Cymbasoma pallidum
                      Cymbasoma reticulatum
                      Cymbasoma rigidum
                      Cymbasoma rostratum
                      Cymbasoma similirostratum
                      Cymbasoma striatum
                      Cymbasoma tenuis
                      Cymbasoma thompsoni
                      Cymbasoma tumorifrons
                      Cymbasoma zetlandicum
                      Cymbasoma longispinosus
                      Cymbasoma agoense
                      Cymbasoma bali
                      Cymbasoma bowmani
                      Cymbasoma boxshalli
                      Cymbasoma bullatum
                      Cymbasoma californiense
                      Cymbasoma chelemense
                      Cymbasoma concepcionae
                      Cymbasoma germanicum
                      Cymbasoma ghardaqana
                      Cymbasoma gigas
                      Cymbasoma gracile
                      Cymbasoma javensis
                      Cymbasoma mcalicei
                      Cymbasoma morii
                      Cymbasoma nicolettae
                      Cymbasoma quadridens
                      Cymbasoma quintanarooense
                      Cymbasoma rochai
                      Cymbasoma irmiziae
                      Cymbasoma tropicum
                      Cymbasoma williamsoni
                      Cymbasoma nicobarica
                      Cymbasoma agoensis
                      Cymbasoma bullatus
                      Cymbasoma herdmani
                      Cymbasoma thompsonii
                      Cymbasoma tirmiziae
                      Cymbasoma tropica
                      Cymbasoma quintanarooensis
                      Cymbasoma ghardaqanum
                      Cymbasoma javaensis
                      Cymbasoma reticulatus
                      Cymbasoma roscovita
                      Cymbasoma danae
                      Cymbasoma filogranarum
                      Cymbasoma davisi
                      Cymbasoma cocoense
                      Cymbasoma guererrense
                      Cymbasoma janetae
                      Cymbasoma striifrons
                    Haemocera
                    Monstrilla
                    Monstrillopsis
                    Strilloma
                    Thaumaleus
                    Thaumatohessia
                    Guanabaraenia
                    Maemonstrilla
                    Thaumatoessa
              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
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Monera