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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
              Lotidae
              Macrouridae
                Bathygadus
                Caelorinchus
                Cetonurus
                Coryphaenoides
                  Coryphaenoides (Chalinura)
                  Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides)
                      Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) guentheri
                      Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rudis
                      Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rupestris
                      Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) thelestomus
                      Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) zaniophorus
                  Coryphaenoides (Lionurus)
                  Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus)
                  Coryphaenoides alateralis
                  Coryphaenoides armatus
                  Coryphaenoides brevibarbis
                  Coryphaenoides carapinus
                  Coryphaenoides guentheri
                  Coryphaenoides leptolepis
                  Coryphaenoides rupestris
                  Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
                  Coryphaenoides zaniophorus
                  Coryphaenoides subserrulatus
                  Coryphaenoides mcmillani
                  Coryphaenoides striaturus
                  Coryphaenoides asprellus
                  Coryphaenoides hextii
                  Coryphaenoides grahami
                  Coryphaenoides ferrieri
                  Coryphaenoides lecointei
                  Coryphaenoides filicauda
                  Coryphaenoides fernandezianus
                  Coryphaenoides acrolepis
                  Coryphaenoides affinis
                  Coryphaenoides altipinnis
                  Coryphaenoides anguliceps
                  Coryphaenoides ariommus
                  Coryphaenoides asper
                  Coryphaenoides boops
                  Coryphaenoides bucephalus
                  Coryphaenoides bulbiceps
                  Coryphaenoides camurus
                  Coryphaenoides capito
                  Coryphaenoides carminifer
                  Coryphaenoides castaneus
                  Coryphaenoides cinereus
                  Coryphaenoides delsolari
                  Coryphaenoides dossenus
                  Coryphaenoides dubius
                  Coryphaenoides filamentosus
                  Coryphaenoides filifer
                  Coryphaenoides gypsochilus
                  Coryphaenoides hoskynii
                  Coryphaenoides liocephalus
                  Coryphaenoides longicirrhus
                  Coryphaenoides longifilis
                  Coryphaenoides macrolophus
                  Coryphaenoides marginatus
                  Coryphaenoides marshalli
                  Coryphaenoides mexicanus
                  Coryphaenoides microps
                  Coryphaenoides microstomus
                  Coryphaenoides murrayi
                  Coryphaenoides myersi
                  Coryphaenoides nasutus
                  Coryphaenoides oreinos
                  Coryphaenoides orthogrammus
                  Coryphaenoides paramarshalli
                  Coryphaenoides profundicolus
                  Coryphaenoides rudis
                  Coryphaenoides semiscaber
                  Coryphaenoides serrulatus
                  Coryphaenoides sibogae
                  Coryphaenoides spinulosus
                  Coryphaenoides thelestomus
                  Coryphaenoides tydemani
                  Coryphaenoides woodmasoni
                  Coryphaenoides yaquinae
                Echinomacrurus
                Gadomus
                Hymenocephalus
                Macrourus
                Malacocephalus
                Nezumia
                Odontomacrurus
                Pseudonezumia
                Sphagemacrurus
                Trachonurus
                Trachyrincus
              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