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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
      Asteroidea
      Ophiuroidea
        Ophiurida
          Laemophiurina
          Ophiomyxina
              Ophiomyxidae
                Ophioprium
                Astrogeron
                Ophiobyrsa
                Ophiobyrsella
                Ophiogeron
                Ophiomyxa
                Ophiophrixus
                Ophioscolex
                Ophiocynodus
                Ophiodera
                Ophiocymbium
                Neoplax
                Ophiolycus
                Renetheo
                Ophiostiba
                Ophiohyalus
                Ophiosmilax
                Ophiosyzygus
                Ophioleptoplax
                Astrogymnotes
                Ophiologimus
                Ophiovesta
                Ophiocanops
                Ophiophrura
                Ophiobrachion
                Ophioschiza
                Ophiostyracium
                Ophiohymen
                Ophioblenna
                Ophiomora
                Ophioplexa
                Ophiorupta
        Phrynophiurida
        Ophiuroidea Incertae sedis
        Euryalae
        Ophiocanopidae
      Stelleroidea
    Echinozoa
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Chromista
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