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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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
  Gracilicutes
    Cyanobacteria
      Cyanophyceae
        Stigonematales
        Nostocophycideae
        Oscillatoriophycideae
          Chroococcales
            Chroococcaceae
                Chroococcus
                  Chroococcus turgidus
                  Chroococcus minutus
                  Chroococcus limneticus
                  Chroococcus dispersus
                  Chroococcus minor
                  Chroococcus dimidiatus
                  Chroococcus aphanocapsoides
                  Chroococcus cohaerens
                  Chroococcus cumulatus
                  Chroococcus distans
                  Chroococcus microscopicus
                  Chroococcus minimus
                  Chroococcus spelaeus
                Dactylococcopsis
                Gloeocapsopsis
            Microcystaceae
            Hydrococcaceae
            Entophysalidaceae
            Hyellaceae
            Dermocarpellaceae
            Xenococcaceae
          Oscillatoriales
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera