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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
      Hexacorallia
        Actiniaria
        Ceriantharia
        Corallimorpharia
        Scleractinia
          Caryophylliidae
              Anomocora
              Asterosmilia
              Aulocyathus
              Caryophyllia
              Ceratotrochus
              Cladocora
              Coenocyathus
              Coenosmilia
              Concentrotheca
              Dasmosmilia
              Deltocyathus
              Desmophyllum
              Hoplangia
              Lophelia
              Paracyathus
              Phyllangia
              Polycyathus
              Pourtalosmilia
              Premocyathus
              Solenosmilia
              Stephanocyathus
              Tethocyathus
              Thalamophyllia
              Trochocyathus
              Vaughanella
                Vaughanella concinna
                Vaughanella margaritata
                Vaughanella multipalifera
                Vaughanella oreophila
              Heterocyathus
              Bathycyathus
              Bourneotrochus
              Colangia
              Confluphyllia
              Conotrochus
              Crispatotrochus
              Dactylotrochus
              Ericiocyathus
              Goniocorella
              Labyrinthocyathus
              Lochmaeotrochus
              Nomlandia
              Oxysmilia
              Paraconotrochus
              Phacelocyathus
              Rhizosmilia
              Sympodangia
              Cyathoceras
              Thecocyathus
              Monohedotrochus
              Cyathina
              Sabinotrochus
              Odontocyathus
              Leptocyathus
              Stephanoseris
              Pleurocyathus
              Phloeocyathus
              Fragilocyathus
              Gemmulatotrochus
              Microcyathus
              Syndapas
              Stellangia
              Dendrosmilia
              Ceratocyathus
              Trochosmilia
              Discocyathus
              Levipalifer
          Dendrophylliidae
          Flabellidae
          Fungiacyathidae
          Guyniidae
          Oculinidae
          Pocilloporidae
          Rhizangiidae
          Turbinoliidae
          Micrabaciidae
          Anthemiphylliidae
          Gardineriidae
          Schizocyathidae
          Stenocyathidae
        Zoanthidea
        Antipatharia
        Ceriantipatharia
        Ptychodactiaria
      Octocorallia
      Zoantharia
    Hydrozoa
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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