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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
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
              Agonidae
              Cottidae
                  Artediellus
                  Cottus
                  Gymnocanthus
                  Icelus
                  Micrenophrys
                    Micrenophrys lilljeborgii
                  Myoxocephalus
                  Taurulus
                  Triglops
                  Triglopsis
                  Hemilepidotus
                  Leptocottus
                  Trichocottus
                  Trichostomma
                  Porocottus
                  Microcottus
                  Megalocottus
                  Artediellius
                  Alcichthys
                  Andriashevicottus
                  Antipodocottus
                  Archistes
                  Argyrocottus
                  Artediellichthys
                  Artediellina
                  Artedielloides
                  Artedius
                  Ascelichthys
                  Astrocottus
                  Atopocottus
                  Bero
                  Chitonotus
                  Clinocottus
                  Cottiusculus
                  Daruma
                  Furcina
                  Icelinus
                  Leiocottus
                  Lepidobero
                  Mesocottus
                  Ocynectes
                  Oligocottus
                  Orthonopias
                  Paricelinus
                  Phallocottus
                  Phasmatocottus
                  Pseudoblennius
                  Radulinopsis
                  Radulinus
                  Rastrinus
                  Ricuzenius
                  Ruscarius
                  Scorpaenichthys
                  Sigmistes
                  Stelgistrum
                  Stlegicottus
                  Stlengis
                  Synchirus
                  Taurocottus
                  Thyriscus
                  Trachidermus
                  Vellitor
                  Zesticelus
                  Acanthocottus
                  Agonocottus
                  Allartedius
                  Archaulus
                  Asemichthys
                  Aspicottus
                  Astrolytes
                  Axyrias
                  Blennicottus
                  Boreocottus
                  Centridermichthys
                  Ceratocottus
                  Cottopsis
                  Crossias
                  Elanura
                  Eximia
                  Gymnacanthus
                  Melletes
                  Ochotskia
                  Onchocottus
                  Oxycottus
                  Podabrus
                  Prionistius
                  Pterygiocottus
                  Ruscariops
                  Rusciculus
                  Schmidtia
                  Stelgidonotus
                  Sternias
                  Tarandichthys
                  Uranidea
                  Hemitripteras
                  Jordania
                  Bolinia
                  Crossius
                  Oncocottus
                  Onocottus
                  Stelgidinotus
                  Trachydermus
              Cyclopteridae
              Dactylopteridae
              Peristediidae
              Platycephalidae
              Psychrolutidae
              Scorpaenidae
              Sebastidae
              Setarchidae
              Triglidae
              Liparidae
            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