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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
              Bairdioidea
                Bairdiidae
                Bythocyprididae
                    Bythocypris
                      Bythocypris bosquetiana
                      Bythocypris obtusata
                      Bythocypris eltanina
                      Bythocypris spiriscutica
                      Bythocypris reniformis
                      Bythocypris actites
                      Bythocypris complanata
                      Bythocypris elongata
                      Bythocypris compressa
                      Bythocypris folini
                      Bythocypris kyamos
                      Bythocypris laeva
                      Bythocypris laganella
                      Bythocypris lianchuanghui
                      Bythocypris lucida
                      Bythocypris malyutinae
                      Bythocypris mozambiquensis
                      Bythocypris polarsterni
                      Bythocypris praerenis
                      Bythocypris producta
                      Bythocypris promoza
                      Bythocypris prolata
                      Bythocypris reflexa
                      Bythocypris richarddinglei
                      Bythocypris sollasi
                      Bythocypris tenera
                      Bythocypris weddellensis
                      Bythocypris heterodoxa
                      Bythocypris howei
                      Bythocypris abyssicola
                      Bythocypris atlantica
                      Bythocypris sudaustralis
                    Anchistrocheles
                    Zabythocypris
                    Bythopussella
                    Orlovibairdia
                    Bryothocypris
            Cytherocopina
            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
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