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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
            Cypridocopina
              Cypridoidea
              Macrocypridoidea
              Pontocypridoidea
                Pontocyprididae
                    Argilloecia
                    Pontocypria
                    Pontocypris
                      Pontocypris acupunctata
                      Pontocypris acuta
                      Pontocypris discrepans
                      Pontocypris frequens
                      Pontocypris hispida
                      Pontocypris intermedia
                      Pontocypris levis
                      Pontocypris mediterranea
                      Pontocypris monstrosa
                      Pontocypris mytiloides
                      Pontocypris obtusa
                      Pontocypris pallida
                      Pontocypris rara
                      Pontocypris subfusca
                      Pontocypris arctowskiensis
                      Pontocypris acuminata
                      Pontocypris bradyi
                      Pontocypris chununae
                      Pontocypris gracilis
                      Pontocypris jaujiunae
                      Pontocypris punctatus
                      Pontocypris serrata
                      Pontocypris subtriangulata
                      Pontocypris viridis
                      Pontocypris faba
                      Pontocypris dispar
                      Pontocypris attenuata
                      Pontocypris davisoni
                      Pontocypris flava
                      Pontocypris gaussi
                      Pontocypris inflata
                      Pontocypris maculosa
                      Pontocypris nitida
                      Pontocypris pellucida
                      Pontocypris pirifera
                      Pontocypris robusta
                      Pontocypris setosa
                      Pontocypris simplex
                      Pontocypris subreniformis
                      Pontocypris succinea
                      Pontocypris trigonella
                      Pontocypris tumida
                    Propontocypris
                    Australoecia
                    Abyssocypris
                    Aratrocypris
                    Erythrocypris
                    Iliffeoecia
                    Maddocksella
                    Peripontocypris
                    Thomontocypris
                    Pontocyprella
            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