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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
              Alepisauridae
              Anotopteridae
              Aulopidae
              Chlorophthalmidae
              Evermannellidae
              Ipnopidae
                  Bathymicrops
                  Bathypterois
                    Bathypterois dubius
                    Bathypterois grallator
                    Bathypterois longipes
                    Bathypterois phenax
                    Bathypterois longifilis
                    Bathypterois quadrifilis
                    Bathypterois perceptor
                    Bathypterois guentheri
                    Bathypterois filiferus
                    Bathypterois atricolor
                    Bathypterois andriashevi
                    Bathypterois bigelowi
                    Bathypterois insularum
                    Bathypterois longicauda
                    Bathypterois oddi
                    Bathypterois parini
                    Bathypterois pectinatus
                    Bathypterois ventralis
                    Bathypterois viridensis
                  Bathytyphlops
                  Belonepterois
                  Benthosaurus
                  Ipnoceps
                  Macristiella
                  Skagerakia
                  Bathypoterois
              Notosudidae
              Omosudidae
              Paralepididae
              Scopelarchidae
              Synodontidae
            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
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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