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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
              Acipenseridae
                Acipenser
                  Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
                  Acipenser naccarii
                  Acipenser nudiventris
                  Acipenser stellatus
                  Acipenser sturio
                  Acipenser oxyrinchus
                      Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
                      Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
                  Acipenser brevirostrum
                  Acipenser baerii
                  Acipenser persicus
                  Acipenser transmontanus
                  Acipenser medirostris
                  Acipenser mikadoi
                  Acipenser multiscutatus
                  Acipenser schrenckii
                  Acipenser sinensis
                  Acipenser attilus
                  Acipenser ducissae
                  Acipenser europaeus
                  Acipenser fitzingerii
                  Acipenser hospitus
                  Acipenser latirostris
                  Acipenser lichtensteinii
                  Acipenser nehelae
                  Acipenser podapos
                  Acipenser sturioides
                  Acipenser thompsonii
                  Acipenser valenciennii
                  Acipenser yarrellii
                  Acipenser fitzingeri
                  Acipenser dabryanus
                Huso
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera