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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
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
              Bregmacerotidae
              Gadidae
                  Arctogadus
                  Boreogadus
                  Eleginus
                  Gadiculus
                  Gadus
                    Gadus morhua
                    Gadus pollachius
                    Gadus callarias
                    Gadus euxinus
                    Gadus luscus
                    Gadus aeglefinus
                    Gadus merlangus
                    Gadus minutus
                    Gadus ogac
                    Gadus capelanus
                    Gadus macrocephalus
                    Gadus arenosus
                    Gadus barbatus
                    Gadus carbonarius
                    Gadus cimbrius
                    Gadus colias
                    Gadus colinus
                    Gadus fuliginosus
                    Gadus heteroglossus
                    Gadus lycostomus
                    Gadus melanostomus
                    Gadus merluccius
                    Gadus minimus
                    Gadus molva
                    Gadus mustela
                    Gadus nanus
                    Gadus poutassou
                    Gadus purpureus
                    Gadus raninus
                    Gadus raptor
                    Gadus rupestris
                    Gadus sey
                    Gadus tacaud
                    Gadus trifurcus
                    Gadus vertagus
                    Gadus virens
                    Gadus viridis
                    Gadus morrhua
                    Gadus ruber
                    Gadus potassoa
                    Gadus ruber
                  Melanogrammus
                  Merlangius
                  Micromesistius
                  Pollachius
                  Raniceps
                  Theragra
                  Trisopterus
                  Aeglefinus
                  Asellus
                  Brachygadus
                  Gadulus
                  Merlangus
                  Morhua
                  Morrhua
                  Morua
                  Phocaegadus
                  Melanogrammes
                  Polachius
                  Theracra
              Lotidae
              Macrouridae
              Melanonidae
              Merlucciidae
              Moridae
              Phycidae
            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