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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
                Artotrogidae
                Asterocheridae
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                Lernanthropidae
                Megapontiidae
                Micropontiidae
                Nanaspididae
                Nicothoidae
                Pandaridae
                Pennellidae
                    Cardiodectes
                    Exopenna
                    Haemobaphes
                    Lernaeenicus
                    Lernaeocera
                    Lernaeolophus
                    Peniculus
                    Pennella
                      Pennella balaenoptera
                      Pennella filosa
                      Pennella balaenopterae
                      Pennella instructa
                      Pennella sagitta
                      Pennella crassicornis
                      Pennella remorae
                      Pennella varians
                      Pennella antarctica
                      Pennella anthonyi
                      Pennella biloba
                      Pennella cervicornis
                      Pennella cettei
                      Pennella charcoti
                      Pennella costai
                      Pennella diodontis
                      Pennella elegans
                      Pennella exocoeti
                      Pennella germonia
                      Pennella histiophori
                      Pennella incerta
                      Pennella liouvillei
                      Pennella longicauda
                      Pennella makaira
                      Pennella orthagorisci
                      Pennella oxyporhamphi
                      Pennella platycephalus
                      Pennella robusta
                      Pennella rubra
                      Pennella selaris
                      Pennella tridentata
                      Pennella zeylanica
                      Pennella hawaiiensis
                      Pennella blainvillei
                      Pennella bocconii
                      Pennella brachiata
                      Pennella holteni
                      Pennella plumosa
                      Pennella pustulosa
                      Pennella sultana
                      Pennella intricata
                      Pennella gracilis
                      Pennella cylindrica
                      Pennella elongata
                    Peroderma
                    Sarcotretes
                    Allotrifur
                    Baculus
                    Carcinium
                    Collipravus
                    Creopelates
                    Foroculum
                    Haemobaphoides
                    Impexus
                    Lernaeonema
                    Lernaeopenna
                    Lerneoceropsis
                    Lerneopenna
                    Metapeniculus
                    Ophiolernaea
                    Parinia
                    Peniculisa
                    Pennatula
                    Phrixocephaloides
                    Phrixocephalus
                    Pseudulus
                    Saucissona
                    Serpentisaccus
                    Taphrobia
                    Trifur
                    Penicillus
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera