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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
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
    Stenolaemata
    Gymnolaemata
      Cheilostomatida
      Ctenostomatida
        Aethozoontidae
        Alcyonidiidae
          Alcyonidium
            Alcyonidium albidum
            Alcyonidium candidum
            Alcyonidium cellarioides
            Alcyonidium diaphanum
            Alcyonidium disciforme
            Alcyonidium duplex
            Alcyonidium gelatinosum
                Alcyonidium gelatinosum var. lacourti
            Alcyonidium hirsutum
            Alcyonidium mamillatum
            Alcyonidium mytili
            Alcyonidium parasiticum
            Alcyonidium variegatum
            Alcyonidium reticulum
            Alcyonidium proliferans
            Alcyonidium polyoum
            Alcyonidium condylocinereum
            Alcyonidium topsenti
            Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum
            Alcyonidium verrilli
            Alcyonidium pellucidum
            Alcyonidium vermiculare
            Alcyonidium epispiculum
            Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum
            Alcyonidium scolecoideum
            Alcyonidium simulatum
            Alcyonidium pachydermatum
            Alcyonidium pseudodisciforme
            Alcyonidium adustum
            Alcyonidium lutosum
            Alcyonidium maculosum
          Lobiancopora
          Halodactyle
          Alcyonidioides
        Arachnidiidae
        Benedeniporidae
        Buskiidae
        Claviporidae
        Clavoporidae
        Flustrellidridae
        Immergentiidae
        Lobiancoporidae
        Mimosellidae
        Monobryozoontidae
        Nolellidae
        Nollelidae
        Pherusellidae
        Spathiporidae
        Terebriporidae
        Victorellidae
        Stolonifera
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera