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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
                  Artotrogidae
                  Asterocheridae
                    Acontiophorus
                    Asterocheres
                    Collocheres
                    Dermatomyzon
                    Mesocheres
                    Psilomyzon
                    Rhynchomyzon
                    Scottocheres
                    Tuphacheres
                    Ascomyzon
                    Ammatimyzon
                    Asterocheroides
                    Asteropontella
                    Asteropontius
                    Asteropontoides
                    Asteropontopsis
                    Australomyzon
                    Bythocheres
                    Caecidomyzon
                    Cecidomyzon
                    Chelacheres
                    Cheramomyzon
                    Cletopontius
                    Collocherides
                    Cyclopicera
                    Cystomyzon
                    Discopontius
                    Doropontius
                    Echinocheres
                    Glyptocheres
                    Gomumucheres
                    Hammatimyzon
                    Hermacheres
                    Hetairosyna
                    Hetairosynopsis
                    Humescheres
                    Indomyzon
                    Inermocheres
                    Isopodius
                    Kolocheres
                    Kolomyzon
                    Laperocheres
                    Leptomyzon
                    Madacheres
                    Meandromyzon
                    Mimacheres
                    Monocheres
                    Obesiella
                    Oedomyzon
                    Onychocheres
                    Ophiurocheres
                    Orecturus
                    Paracontiophorus
                    Parasterocheres
                    Parasteropontius
                    Peltomyzon
                    Phyllocheres
                    Selenodiscus
                    Sinopontius
                    Siphonopontius
                    Solenostoma
                    Tychomyzon
                    Uperogcos
                    Gerulusosacculus
                    Stockmyzon
                    Hetairosynella
                    Cyclocheres
                    Stenomyzon
                    Cephalocheres
                    Humesimyzon
                    Thermocheres
                    Gascardama
                    Echinocheres
                  Brychiopontiidae
                  Caligidae
                  Calverocheridae
                  Cancerillidae
                  Cecropidae
                  Dichelesthiidae
                  Dinopontiidae
                  Dirivultidae
                  Entomolepidae
                  Eudactylinidae
                  Euryphoridae
                  Hatschekiidae
                  Kroyeriidae
                  Lernaeopodidae
                  Lernanthropidae
                  Megapontiidae
                  Micropontiidae
                  Nanaspididae
                  Nicothoidae
                  Pandaridae
                  Pennellidae
                  Pontoeciellidae
                  Pseudocycnidae
                  Rataniidae
                  Sphyriidae
                  Sponginticolidae
                  Spongiocnizontidae
                  Trebiidae
                  Ascomyzontidae
                  Calvocheridae
                  Dissonidae
                  Naobranchiidae
                  Pennillidae
                  Pontopsyllidae
                  Amaterasidae
                  Choniostomatidae
                  Pseudohatschekiidae
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  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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