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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
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
                Myctophidae
                  Benthosema
                  Bolinichthys
                  Centrobranchus
                  Ceratoscopelus
                  Diaphus
                  Diogenichthys
                  Electrona
                  Gonichthys
                  Hygophum
                  Lampadena
                  Lampanyctus
                  Lepidophanes
                  Lobiancha
                  Loweina
                  Myctophum
                  Notolychnus
                  Notoscopelus
                  Protomyctophum
                  Symbolophorus
                  Taaningichthys
                  Lampanyctinae
                  Parvilux
                  Tarletonbeania
                  Aethoprora
                  Alysia
                  Collettia
                  Ctenoscopelus
                  Dasyscopelus
                  Diogenys
                  Dorsadena
                  Hierops
                  Macrostoma
                  Nanobrachium
                  Nasolychnus
                  Notoscopellus
                  Nyctophus
                  Paralampanyctus
                  Rhinoscopelus
                  Serpa
                  Serpe
                  Vestula
                  Myctophinae
                  Diogenichthye
                  Lampanctus
                  Lampanictus
                  Lebianchia
                  Myctoophum
                  Bentosema
                  Triphotorus
                Neoscopelidae
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera