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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
          Myodocopida
            Myodocopina
              Cypridinoidea
                Cypridinidae
                  Cypridininae
                    Cypridinini
                      Cypridina
                        Cypridina (Vargula)
                            Cypridina (Vargula) norvegica
                            Cypridina (Vargula) antarctica
                        Cypridina megalops
                        Cypridina inermis
                        Cypridina dorsocurvata
                        Cypridina mediterrianea
                        Cypridina segrex
                        Cypridina nex
                        Cypridina serrata
                        Cypridina acuminata
                        Cypridina alpha
                        Cypridina americana
                        Cypridina chinai
                        Cypridina dentata
                        Cypridina iota
                        Cypridina mellentini
                        Cypridina nami
                        Cypridina nana
                        Cypridina sinuosa
                        Cypridina spina
                        Cypridina spinula
                        Cypridina taiwania
                        Cypridina albomaculata
                        Cypridina albo-maculata
                        Cypridina squamosa
                        Cypridina teres
                        Cypridina zealandica
                        Cypridina mariae
                        Cypridina alata
                        Cypridina antarctica
                        Cypridina vanhoeffeni
                        Cypridina dorsoserrata
                        Cypridina arborea
                        Cypridina danae
                        Cypridina gracilis
                        Cypridina glacialis
                      Doloria
                      Macrocypridina
                      Skogsbergia
                      Vargula
                      Paradoloria
                      Rheina
                      Metavargula
                      Hadacypridina
                      Cypridinodes
                      Codonocera
                      Bathyvargula
                      Paracypridina
                      Pterocypridina
                      Amphisiphonostra
                      Jimmorinia
                      Kornickeria
                      Melavargula
                      Monopia
                      Paravargula
                      Pseudodoloria
                      Rugosidoloria
                      Sheina
                      Siphonostra
                    Gigantocypridinini
                  Azygocypridininae
                  Crossphorus
              Cylindroleberidoidea
              Sarsielloidea
            Paleomyodocopina
          Halocyprida
        Podocopa
        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
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