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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
              Cyclopteridae
              Dactylopteridae
              Peristediidae
              Platycephalidae
              Psychrolutidae
              Scorpaenidae
                  Pontinus
                  Scorpaena
                  Scorpaenodes
                    Scorpaenodes arenai
                    Scorpaenodes scaber
                    Scorpaenodes minor
                    Scorpaenodes guamensis
                    Scorpaenodes littoralis
                    Scorpaenodes hirsutus
                    Scorpaenodes varipinnis
                    Scorpaenodes albaiensis
                    Scorpaenodes corallinus
                    Scorpaenodes parvipinnis
                    Scorpaenodes kelloggi
                    Scorpaenodes africanus
                    Scorpaenodes caribbaeus
                    Scorpaenodes elongatus
                    Scorpaenodes englerti
                    Scorpaenodes immaculatus
                    Scorpaenodes insularis
                    Scorpaenodes investigatoris
                    Scorpaenodes muciparus
                    Scorpaenodes quadrispinosus
                    Scorpaenodes smithi
                    Scorpaenodes steenei
                    Scorpaenodes steinitzi
                    Scorpaenodes tredecimspinosus
                    Scorpaenodes tribulosus
                    Scorpaenodes xyris
                    Scorpaenodes rubrivinctus
                  Sebastapistes
              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