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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
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
              Mysidae
                Gastrosaccinae
                    Acanthocaris
                    Anchialina
                    Anchialus
                    Gastrosaccus
                      Gastrosaccus lobatus
                      Gastrosaccus magnilobatus
                      Gastrosaccus mediterraneus
                      Gastrosaccus normani
                      Gastrosaccus roscoffensis
                      Gastrosaccus sanctus
                      Gastrosaccus spinifer
                      Gastrosaccus spiniferus
                      Gastrosaccus gordonae
                      Gastrosaccus sarae
                      Gastrosaccus daviei
                      Gastrosaccus dunckeri
                      Gastrosaccus madagascariensis
                      Gastrosaccus namibensis
                      Gastrosaccus brevifissura
                      Gastrosaccus psammodytes
                      Gastrosaccus bispinosa
                      Gastrosaccus longifissura
                      Gastrosaccus mozambicus
                      Gastrosaccus msangii
                      Gastrosaccus trilobatus
                      Gastrosaccus muticus
                      Gastrosaccus olivae
                      Gastrosaccus simulans
                      Gastrosaccus australis
                      Gastrosaccus kempi
                      Gastrosaccus kojimaensis
                      Gastrosaccus pacificus
                      Gastrosaccus queenslandensis
                      Gastrosaccus sorrentoensis
                      Gastrosaccus vulgaris
                    Haplostylus
                    Chlamydopleon
                Siriellinae
                Rhopalophthalminae
                Mysinae
                Mysidellinae
                Boreomysinae
              Petalophthalmidae
            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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