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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
                    Cythereis
                      Cythereis amnicola
                      Cythereis polygonata
                      Cythereis tuberculata
                      Cythereis echinata
                      Cythereis arenicola
                      Cythereis canadensis
                      Cythereis concinna
                      Cythereis dawsoni
                      Cythereis dunelmensis
                      Cythereis emarginata
                      Cythereis leioderma
                      Cythereis procteri
                      Cythereis villosa
                      Cythereis jonesi
                      Cythereis angulata
                      Cythereis fidicula
                      Cythereis finmarchica
                      Cythereis navicula
                      Cythereis convoluta
                      Cythereis giesbrechtii
                      Cythereis glauca
                      Cythereis gravizea
                      Cythereis hamata
                      Cythereis incerta
                      Cythereis keutapangensis
                      Cythereis quadriserialis
                      Cythereis scotti
                      Cythereis torticollis
                      Cythereis tricristata
                      Cythereis vandijki
                      Cythereis maculata
                      Cythereis longiductus
                      Cythereis incerta
                      Cythereis abyssicola
                      Cythereis aurita
                      Cythereis margaritifera
                      Cythereis polylyca
                      Cythereis prava
                      Cythereis reticulata
                      Cythereis vineyardensis
                      Cythereis devexa
                      Cythereis exanthemata
                      Cythereis crenulata
                      Cythereis quadridentata
                      Cythereis bermudezi
                      Cythereis kerguelensis
                      Cythereis marwicki
                      Cythereis hazelae
                      Cythereis (Procythereis)
                      Cythereis (Pseudocythereis)
                      Cythereis consors
                    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
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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