Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions

Search


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).

Search for a Species
Browse For a Marine Species
Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
    Polychaeta
      Canalipalpata
        Spionida
        Terebellida
        Sabellida
          Oweniida
          Oweniidae
          Sabellariidae
          Sabellidae
            Sabellinae
                Amphiglena
                Bispira
                Branchiomma
                Chone
                Demonax
                Desdemona
                Euchone
                Gorbunovia
                Hypsicomus
                Jasmineira
                Laonome
                Megalomma
                Myxicola
                Notaulax
                Oriopsis
                Panousea
                Perkinsiana
                Potamethus
                Potamilla
                  Potamilla neglecta
                  Potamilla rubra
                  Potamilla torelli
                  Potamilla malmgreni
                  Potamilla reniformis
                  Potamilla antarctica
                  Potamilla ehlersi
                  Potamilla renifrons
                  Potamilla abyssicola
                  Potamilla alba
                  Potamilla anophthalma
                  Potamilla brevithoracica
                  Potamilla casamancensis
                  Potamilla ceylonica
                  Potamilla corcovadensis
                  Potamilla leptochaeta
                  Potamilla linguicollaris
                  Potamilla omissa
                  Potamilla platensis
                  Potamilla socialis
                  Potamilla symbiotica
                  Potamilla ceratodaula
                  Potamilla fonticula
                  Potamilla minuta
                  Potamilla oligophthalmos
                  Potamilla paulina
                  Potamilla polyophthalmos
                  Potamilla suavis
                  Potamilla tenuitorques
                  Potamilla antartica
                  Potamilla californica
                  Potamilla acuminata
                  Potamilla bioculata
                  Potamilla clara
                  Potamilla colorata
                  Potamilla elegans
                  Potamilla elongata
                  Potamilla floridana
                  Potamilla incerta
                  Potamilla japonica
                  Potamilla laciniosa
                  Potamilla myriops
                  Potamilla obscura
                  Potamilla perlonga
                  Potamilla tortuosa
                  Potamilla troncatula
                  Potamilla magalhaensis
                  Potamilla antarctica
                  Potamilla armata
                  Potamilla oculea
                Pothametus
                Pseudopotamilla
                Sabella
                Euratella
                Amphicorina
                Spirographis
                Dasychone
                Dialychone
                Sabellastarte
                Pseudobranchiomma
                Glomerula
                Anamobaea
                Calcisabella
                Clymeneis
                Distylidia
                Euchonella
                Eudistylia
                Eurato
                Fabrisabella
                Gymnosoma
                Potaspina
                Sabellina
                Sabellonga
                Sabina
                Schizobranchia
                Stylomma
                Claviramus
                Terebrasabella
                Aspeira
                Chaponella
                Corallina
                Dasychonopsis
                Distylia
                Fucus
                Hypsicomatides
                Hypsicomatopsis
                Megachone
                Metachone
                Metalaonome
                Panoumethus
                Parachonia
                Parasabella
                Penicillus
                Potamis
                Protulides
                Sabellata
                Sabellomma
                Aracia
                Kirkia
                Paradialychone
          Serpulidae
          Siboglinidae
          Fabriciidae
          Sabellongidae
      Polychaeta fossils incertae sedis
    Clitellata
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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