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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
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
            Echinacea
              Arbacioida
              Echinoida
              Temnopleuroida
              Camarodonta
                Parasaleniidae
                Echinidea
                  Echinidae
                  Odontophora
                  Parechinidae
                      Paracentrotus
                      Parechinus
                      Psammechinus
                        Psammechinus microtuberculatus
                        Psammechinus miliaris
                        Psammechinus chloroticus
                        Psammechinus aciculatus
                        Psammechinus asteroides
                        Psammechinus darnleyensis
                        Psammechinus diadema
                        Psammechinus epistichus
                        Psammechinus excavatus
                        Psammechinus intermedius
                        Psammechinus korenii
                        Psammechinus laganoides
                        Psammechinus magellanicus
                        Psammechinus norvegicus
                        Psammechinus parvituberculatus
                        Psammechinus paucispinus
                        Psammechinus pictus
                        Psammechinus pulchellus
                        Psammechinus pulchellus
                        Psammechinus pulcherrimus
                        Psammechinus pustulatus
                        Psammechinus robillardi
                        Psammechinus rufus
                        Psammechinus semituberculatus
                        Psammechinus subangulosus
                        Psammechinus variegatus
                        Psammechinus verruculatus
                        Psammechinus versicolor
                      Loxechinus
                      Microcordyla
                      Isechinus
                      Protocentrotus
                Temnopleuridea
                Circopeltinae
                Porosoma
                Coptosoma
                Microsoma
                Eurypneustes
                Aeolopneustes
                Triplacidia
                Acrocircus
              Stomopneustoida
              Glyphopneustidae
            Calycina
            Stirodonta
            Hemicidaridae
            Orthopsidae
            Pseudodiadematidae
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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