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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
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
              Aglaopheniidae
              Campanulinidae
              Haleciidae
              Lafoeidae
              Laodiceidae
              Lovenellidae
              Phialellidae
              Plumulariidae
                Monotheca
                Nemertesia
                Plumularia
                Polyplumaria
                Pseudoplumaria
                Antennularia
                Polyplumularia
                Lytocarpus
                Callicarpa
                Cladacanthella
                Dentitheca
                Hippurella
                Sibogella
                Monothecella
                Polynemertesia
                Stechowia
              Sertulariidae
              Aequoreidae
              Mitrocomidae
              Eirenidae
              Eucheilotidae
              Tiarannidae
              Barcinididae
              Blackfordiidae
              Dipleurosomatidae
              Halopterididae
              Kirchenpaueriidae
              Malagazziidae
              Melicertidae
              Orchistomidae
              Tiaropsidae
              Syntheciidae
              Hebellidae
              Teclaiidae
              Cirrholoveniidae
              Clathrozoidae
              Lineolariidae
              Octocannoididae
              Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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