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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                  Bythocytheridae
                  Cuneocytheridae
                  Cushmanideidae
                  Cytherettidae
                  Cytheridae
                  Cytherideidae
                  Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                  Cytheromatidae
                  Cytheruridae
                  Eucytheridae
                  Hemicytheridae
                  Krithidae
                    Krithe
                    Parakrithe
                    Pseudosammocythere
                    Pseudopsammocythere
                    Eukrithe
                    Parakrithella
                  Leptocytheridae
                  Limnocytheridae
                  Loxoconchidae
                  Microcytheridae
                  Neocytherideidae
                  Paracytherideidae
                  Paradoxostomatidae
                  Trachyleberididae
                  Xestoleberididae
                  Xestoleberidae
                  Terrestricytheridae
                  Entocytheridae
                  Australocytherideidae
                  Cobanocytheridae
                  Cytheralisonidae
                  Kliellidae
                  Osticytheridae
                  Paracytheridae
                  Parvocytheridae
                  Pectocytheridae
                  Protocytheridae
                  Psammocytheridae
                  Saididae
                  Schizocytheridae
                  Speluncellidae
                  Thaerocytheridae
                  Bonaducecytheridae
                  Progonocytheridae
                  Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        Palaeocopa
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
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Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera