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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
          Ancorina
          Astrella
              Astrella tuberosa
              Astrella vosmaeri
          Dercitancorina
          Dragmastra
          Ecionemia
          Holoxea
          Stellata
          Stelletta
          Stryphnus
          Dorypleres
          Jaspis
          Stellettinopsis
          Dercitus
          Asteropus
          Cryptosyringa
          Disyringa
          Psammastra
          Rhabdastrella
          Tethyopsis
          Tribrachium
          Chelotropella
          Stoeba
          Monosyringa
          Sanidastrella
          Agilardiella
          Anthastra
          Astroplakina
          Aurora
          Collingsia
          Cryptotethya
          Diastra
          Hezekia
          Jasplakina
          Kapnesolenia
          Monosyringia
          Monotria
          Myriastra
          Pachamphilla
          Papyrula
          Pilochrota
          Seiriola
          Tethia
          Thalassomora
          Tribrachion
          Zaplethea
          Seriola
          Battersbyia
          Halinastra
          Rhabdodragma
          Calcabrina
          Sanidasterinae
          Stellettinae
          Ancorinidae incertae sedis
          Geostelletta
        Coppatiidae
        Geodiidae
        Pachastrellidae
        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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