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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
        Haplosclerina
          Callyspongiidae
          Chalinidae
              Rhaphisia
              Reniera
              Adocia
                Adocia cribrata
                Adocia laevis
                Adocia reptans
                Adocia varia
                Adocia venata
                Adocia cinerea
                Adocia simulans
                Adocia tenella
                Adocia ambrosia
                Adocia atra
                Adocia caminata
                Adocia domingoi
                Adocia dubia
                Adocia fistulosa
                Adocia fragilis
                Adocia parietalioides
                Adocia simplicissima
                Adocia venustina
                Adocia viola
                Adocia albifragilis
                Adocia perforata
                Adocia implexiformis
                Adocia dendyi
                Adocia fayalensis
                Adocia intersepta
                Adocia spiculotenuis
                Adocia tufa
                Adocia mcandrewii
                Adocia densa
                Adocia urceolus
                Adocia indistincta
                Adocia turquoisia
                Adocia palmata
                Adocia sagittarius
                Adocia fibulatus
                Adocia pigmentifera
                Adocia digitata
                Adocia semifibrosa
                Adocia tufoides
                Adocia pulcherrima
                Adocia carbonaria
                Adocia carduus
                Adocia conica
                Adocia cucurbitiformis
                Adocia flagellifera
                Adocia glacialis
                Adocia neens
                Adocia amphioxa
                Adocia semitubulosa
              Chalina
              Chalinula
              Cladocroce
              Dendroxea
              Haliclona
              Pellinula
              Protoschmidtia
              Rhizoniera
              Tedaniella
              Acervochalina
              Siphocalina
              Orina
              Sigmadocia
              Gellius
              Phylosiphonia
              Arcesios
              Chalinodendron
              Diplodemia
              Euchalinopsis
              Kallypilidion
              Katiba
              Lessepsia
              Nara
              Neoadocia
              Pellinella
              Prianos
              Reniclona
              Toxadocia
              Veluspa
              Philotia
              Asychis
              Toxiclona
              Halichoclona
              Dendrectilla
              Polysiphonia
          Niphatidae
          Haliclonidae
          Adociidae
          Renierinae
          Gelliadae
          Renieridae
          Gelliidae
          Gelliinae
          Cavochalinidae
          Tubulodigitidae
        Petrosina
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera