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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
        Ancorinidae
        Coppatiidae
        Geodiidae
        Pachastrellidae
            Characella
            Nethea
            Pachastrella
              Pachastrella abyssi
              Pachastrella amygdaloides
              Pachastrella debilis
              Pachastrella echinorhabda
              Pachastrella geodioides
              Pachastrella intexta
              Pachastrella monilifera
              Pachastrella ovisternata
              Pachastrella stylifera
              Pachastrella caliculata
              Pachastrella chuni
              Pachastrella cribrum
              Pachastrella dilifera
              Pachastrella fusca
              Pachastrella incrustata
              Pachastrella isorrhopa
              Pachastrella japonica
              Pachastrella multipora
              Pachastrella scrobiculosa
              Pachastrella lesinensis
              Pachastrella lithistina
              Pachastrella tenuipilosa
              Pachastrella parasitica
              Pachastrella exostotica
              Pachastrella intextum
              Pachastrella connectens
              Pachastrella stellettodes
              Pachastrella compressa
              Pachastrella loricata
              Pachastrella nodulosa
            Triptolemus
            Acanthotriaena
            Ancorella
            Brachiaster
            Triptolemma
            Lamellomorpha
            Yodomia
            Neothenea
        Theneidae
        Thrombidae
        Stellettidae
        Calthropellidae
        Alectonidae
        Thoosidae
        Astrophorida incertae sedis
        Vulcanellidae
      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
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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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