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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
            Capitata
              Candelabridae
              Corymorphidae
              Corynidae
              Tubulariidae
              Myriothelidae
              Cladonematidae
              Margelopsidae
              Porpitidae
              Zancleida
              Tubulariida
              Capitata incertae sedis
              Acaulidae
              Boreohydridae
              Cladocorynidae
              Eleutheriidae
              Euphysidae
              Zancleidae
              Halocorynidae
              Moerisiida
              Moerisiidae
              Paracorynidae
              Pennariidae
              Protohydridae
              Rosalindidae
              Sphaerocorynida
              Sphaerocorynidae
              Velellidae
              Chondrophora
              Halocordylidae
              Milleporidae
              Tricyclusidae
              Asyncorynidae
              Teissieridae
              Solanderiidae
              Boeromedusidae
              Polyorchidae
              Hydrocorynidae
              Zancleopsidae
              Halimedusidae
              Pseudosolanderiidae
              Symplectaneidae
              Ceratelladae
              Tubulariae
              Hybocodonidae
            Filifera
            Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        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