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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
                    Cobancythere
                    Cythere
                      Cythere lutea
                      Cythere dawsoni
                      Cythere albomaculata
                      Cythere acuta
                      Cythere gibbosa
                      Cythere (Bairdia)
                      Cythere acupunctata
                      Cythere alveolivalva
                      Cythere attrita
                      Cythere boreokurila
                      Cythere circumdentata
                      Cythere cephaloidea
                      Cythere cristatella
                      Cythere cypraeoides
                      Cythere davisi
                      Cythere favus
                      Cythere floscardui
                      Cythere fungoides
                      Cythere globulifera
                      Cythere golikovi
                      Cythere inflata
                      Cythere infundibulata
                      Cythere labiata
                      Cythere maia
                      Cythere nishinipponica
                      Cythere ochracea
                      Cythere omotenipponica
                      Cythere ovalis
                      Cythere packardi
                      Cythere patagoniensis
                      Cythere pectunculata
                      Cythere perieri
                      Cythere phylloides
                      Cythere pyriformis
                      Cythere quadriaculeata
                      Cythere sabulosa
                      Cythere salebrosa
                      Cythere sanrikuensis
                      Cythere schornikovi
                      Cythere scalaris
                      Cythere scintillulata
                      Cythere setosa
                      Cythere solandi
                      Cythere spongiosa
                      Cythere stolonifera
                      Cythere subrufa
                      Cythere sweeti
                      Cythere uranipponica
                      Cythere urupensis
                      Cythere yuniangae
                      Cythere zenkeri
                      Cythere polytrema
                      Cythere squalidentata
                      Cythere fortificata
                      Cythere parallelogramma
                      Cythere acanthoderma
                      Cythere adunca
                      Cythere bacescoi
                      Cythere bermudae
                      Cythere canadensis
                      Cythere canaliculata
                      Cythere cancellata
                      Cythere caudata
                      Cythere coralloides
                      Cythere costata
                      Cythere cribriformis
                      Cythere crispata
                      Cythere cumulus
                      Cythere dasyderma
                      Cythere deltoides
                      Cythere demissa
                      Cythere dorsoserrata
                      Cythere dubia
                      Cythere dunelmensis
                      Cythere ericea
                      Cythere fabaeformis
                      Cythere foveolata
                      Cythere flabellicostata
                      Cythere goujoni
                      Cythere inconspicua
                      Cythere irpex
                      Cythere kerguelenensis
                      Cythere lactea
                      Cythere lauta
                      Cythere militaris
                      Cythere murrayana
                      Cythere multipunctata
                      Cythere normani
                      Cythere obtusalata
                      Cythere papuensis
                      Cythere pectinata
                      Cythere planibasalis
                      Cythere pulchella
                      Cythere pumila
                      Cythere radula
                      Cythere rastromarginata
                      Cythere scabrocuneata
                      Cythere scutigera
                      Cythere sweeti
                      Cythere speyeri
                      Cythere spinifera
                      Cythere suhmi
                      Cythere sulcatoperforata
                      Cythere valentinei
                      Cythere velivola
                      Cythere wyvillethomsoni
                      Cythere audax
                      Cythere kerguelensis
                      Cythere arata
                      Cythere bosquetiana
                      Cythere ikeyanoriyukii
                      Cythere venata
                      Cythere bahamensis
                      Cythere mirabilis
                      Cythere quadridentata
                      Cythere bicarinata
                      Cythere clavigera
                      Cythere craticula
                      Cythere curvicostata
                      Cythere cytheropteroides
                      Cythere falklandi
                      Cythere melobesioides
                      Cythere euplectella
                      Cythere convexa
                      Cythere exilis
                    Cythereis
                    Cytherideis
                    Palmenella
                    Paracytheridea
                    Austrocythere
                    Gangamocytheridea
                    Schizocythere
                    Abditacythere
                    Asymmetricythere
                    Delamarcythere
                    Dampiercythere
                    Eopaijenborchella
                    Hanaiborchella
                    Jankeijcythere
                    Javanella
                    Loxocythere
                    Microcytheridea
                    Paijenborchella
                    Paijenborchellina
                    Patagonacythere
                    Pseudocytheretta
                    Posacythere
                    Profundocythere
                    Spinileberis
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                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
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera