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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
    Calcarea
      Calcaronea
      Calcinea
        Clathrinida
          Clathrinidae
              Clathrina
                Clathrina ascandroides
                Clathrina biscayae
                Clathrina canariensis
                Clathrina cancellata
                Clathrina cerebrum
                Clathrina clathrus
                Clathrina contorta
                Clathrina coriacea
                Clathrina multiformis
                Clathrina nanseni
                Clathrina olynthus
                Clathrina reticulum
                Clathrina rubra
                Clathrina cribrata
                Clathrina septentrionalis
                Clathrina lacunosa
                Clathrina hispanica
                Clathrina primordialis
                Clathrina adusta
                Clathrina africana
                Clathrina aspina
                Clathrina atlantica
                Clathrina aurea
                Clathrina brasiliensis
                Clathrina ceylonensis
                Clathrina chrysea
                Clathrina clara
                Clathrina clathrata
                Clathrina compacta
                Clathrina conifera
                Clathrina cordata
                Clathrina cylindractina
                Clathrina decipiens
                Clathrina densa
                Clathrina dictyoides
                Clathrina dubia
                Clathrina gardineri
                Clathrina helveola
                Clathrina heronensis
                Clathrina hirsuta
                Clathrina hondurensis
                Clathrina intermedia
                Clathrina izuensis
                Clathrina laminoclathrata
                Clathrina laxa
                Clathrina luteoculcitella
                Clathrina minoricensis
                Clathrina mutsu
                Clathrina osculum
                Clathrina panis
                Clathrina parva
                Clathrina pelliculata
                Clathrina quadriradiata
                Clathrina reticulatus
                Clathrina retiformis
                Clathrina rotunda
                Clathrina sagamiana
                Clathrina sceptrum
                Clathrina sinusarabica
                Clathrina soyo
                Clathrina spinosa
                Clathrina spongiosa
                Clathrina sueziana
                Clathrina sulphurea
                Clathrina tenuipilosa
                Clathrina tetractina
                Clathrina tetrapodifera
                Clathrina wistariensis
                Clathrina sulphurea
                Clathrina ventricosa
                Clathrina sulphurea
                Clathrina compacta
                Clathrina cavata
                Clathrina tripodifera
                Clathrina latitubulata
                Clathrina darwini
                Clathrina poterium
                Clathrina blanca
                Clathrina spinosa
                Clathrina angraensis
                Clathrina alcatraziensis
                Clathrina corallicola
                Clathrina jorunnae
                Clathrina paracerebrum
                Clathrina antofagastensis
                Clathrina fjordica
                Clathrina grisea
                Clathrina stolonifera
                Clathrina broendstedi
                Clathrina passionensis
                Clathrina procumbens
              Guancha
              Nardoa
              Ascetta
              Ascilla
              Auloplegma
              Prosycum
              Leucopsis
          Leucaltidae
          Leucascidae
          Levinellidae
          Clathrinida incertae sedis
          Leucettidae
          Soleneiscidae
          Dendyidae
          Soleniscidae
        Murrayonida
        Leucettida
        Asconosa
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  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
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