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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
            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
              Bothidae
              Citharidae
              Cynoglossidae
                Cynoglossus
                Symphurus
                    Symphurus ligulatus
                    Symphurus nigrescens
                    Symphurus reticulatus
                    Symphurus billykrietei
                    Symphurus civitatium
                    Symphurus diomedeanus
                    Symphurus marginatus
                    Symphurus minor
                    Symphurus nebulosus
                    Symphurus parvus
                    Symphurus plagiusa
                    Symphurus pusillus
                    Symphurus strictus
                    Symphurus microrhynchus
                    Symphurus ocellatus
                    Symphurus variegatus
                    Symphurus arawak
                    Symphurus atramentatus
                    Symphurus atricaudus
                    Symphurus australis
                    Symphurus bathyspilus
                    Symphurus callopterus
                    Symphurus caribbeanus
                    Symphurus chabanaudi
                    Symphurus diabolicus
                    Symphurus elongatus
                    Symphurus fasciolaris
                    Symphurus fuscus
                    Symphurus gilesii
                    Symphurus ginsburgi
                    Symphurus gorgonae
                    Symphurus hondoensis
                    Symphurus insularis
                    Symphurus jenynsi
                    Symphurus kyaropterygium
                    Symphurus leei
                    Symphurus lubbocki
                    Symphurus luzonensis
                    Symphurus macrophthalmus
                    Symphurus maldivensis
                    Symphurus marmoratus
                    Symphurus melanurus
                    Symphurus melasmatotheca
                    Symphurus microlepis
                    Symphurus monostigmus
                    Symphurus normani
                    Symphurus novemfasciatus
                    Symphurus oculellus
                    Symphurus oligomerus
                    Symphurus ommaspilus
                    Symphurus orientalis
                    Symphurus pelicanus
                    Symphurus piger
                    Symphurus plagusia
                    Symphurus prolatinaris
                    Symphurus regani
                    Symphurus rhytisma
                    Symphurus schultzi
                    Symphurus septemstriatus
                    Symphurus stigmosus
                    Symphurus tessellatus
                    Symphurus trewavasae
                    Symphurus trifasciatus
                    Symphurus undatus
                    Symphurus undecimplerus
                    Symphurus urospilus
                    Symphurus vanmelleae
                    Symphurus varius
                    Symphurus williamsi
                    Symphurus woodmasoni
                    Symphurus hernandezi
                    Symphurus ocellaris
                    Symphurus thermophilus
                    Symphurus megasomus
                    Symphurus multimaculatus
              Pleuronectidae
              Scophthalmidae
              Soleidae
              Paralichthyidae
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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