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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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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
                    Propontocypris
                      Propontocypris acuminata
                      Propontocypris declivis
                      Propontocypris dispar
                      Propontocypris intermedia
                      Propontocypris pellucida
                      Propontocypris serrata
                      Propontocypris subfusca
                      Propontocypris inflata
                      Propontocypris sahrhagei
                      Propontocypris mcmurdoensis
                      Propontocypris multiporifera
                      Propontocypris (Propontocypris)
                      Propontocypris (Ekpontocypris)
                      Propontocypris (Schedopontocypris)
                      Propontocypris argilloecoides
                      Propontocypris albaniensis
                      Propontocypris attenuata
                      Propontocypris bengalensis
                      Propontocypris cedunaensis
                      Propontocypris cervantesensis
                      Propontocypris epicyrta
                      Propontocypris geraldtonense
                      Propontocypris herdmani
                      Propontocypris japonica
                      Propontocypris lobodonta
                      Propontocypris lurida
                      Propontocypris minacis
                      Propontocypris monstrosa
                      Propontocypris onslowensis
                      Propontocypris paradispar
                      Propontocypris quasicrocata
                      Propontocypris sicula
                      Propontocypris solida
                      Propontocypris subreniformis
                      Propontocypris symmetrica
                      Propontocypris crocata
                      Propontocypris pirifera
                      Propontocypris setosa
                      Propontocypris succinea
                      Propontocypris trigonella
                      Propontocypris insulelephantensis
                      Propontocypris parasimplex
                    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
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