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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
              Anguillidae
              Chlopsidae
              Congridae
                  Ariosoma
                    Ariosoma balearicum
                    Ariosoma anale
                    Ariosoma mauritianum
                    Ariosoma scheelei
                    Ariosoma anago
                    Ariosoma anagoides
                    Ariosoma bauchotae
                    Ariosoma coquettei
                    Ariosoma gilberti
                    Ariosoma howensis
                    Ariosoma major
                    Ariosoma marginatum
                    Ariosoma meeki
                    Ariosoma megalops
                    Ariosoma mellissii
                    Ariosoma multivertebratum
                    Ariosoma nancyae
                    Ariosoma nigrimanum
                    Ariosoma obud
                    Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus
                    Ariosoma sazonovi
                    Ariosoma selenops
                    Ariosoma sereti
                    Ariosoma shiroanago
                    Ariosoma sokotranum
                    Ariosoma opistophthalmum
                  Bathyuroconger
                  Conger
                  Gnathophis
                  Heteroconger
                  Paraconger
                  Pseudophichthys
              Derichthyidae
              Heterenchelyidae
              Muraenesocidae
              Muraenidae
              Nemichthyidae
              Nettastomatidae
              Ophichthidae
              Serrivomeridae
              Synaphobranchidae
              Protanguillidae
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            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