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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
    Adenophorea
    Secernentea
      Tylenchida
      Rhabditida
      Ascaridida
      Strongylida
      Spirurida
        Camallanina
          Dracunculoidea
            Anguillicolidae
            Philometridae
              Philometrinae
                Ichthyofilaria
                Philometra
                    Philometra globiceps
                    Philometra obturans
                    Philometra onchorhynchi
                    Philometra ovata
                    Philometra rischta
                    Philometra rubra
                    Philometra saltatrix
                    Philometra sanguinea
                    Philometra scombresoxis
                    Philometra tauridica
                    Philometra translucida
                    Philometra ocularis
                    Philometra strongylurae
                    Philometra tylosuri
                    Philometra carolinensis
                    Philometra cynoscionis
                    Philometra overstreeti
                    Philometra justinei
                    Philometra filiformis
                    Philometra gymnothoracis
                    Philometra inimici
                    Philometra katsuwoni
                    Philometra lateolabracis
                    Philometra sciaenae
                    Philometra sebastisci
                Philometroides
                Phlyctainophora
              Clavinema
            Guyanemidae
            Daniconematidae
          Camallanoidea
        Spirurina
      Diplogasterida
      Aphelenchida
    Nematoda incertae sedis
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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