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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
        Axinellidae
          Auletta
          Axinella
          Axingella
          Ophiraphidites
          Phakellia
              Phakellia arctica
              Phakellia beringensis
              Phakellia bowerbanki
              Phakellia dalli
              Phakellia lambei
              Phakellia robusta
              Phakellia rugosa
              Phakellia ventilabrum
              Phakellia ventilabra
              Phakellia atypica
              Phakellia behringensis
              Phakellia bettinae
              Phakellia carduus
              Phakellia ceylonensis
              Phakellia connexiva
              Phakellia crassistylifera
              Phakellia crateriformis
              Phakellia dendyi
              Phakellia elegans
              Phakellia foliacea
              Phakellia folium
              Phakellia fusca
              Phakellia hooperi
              Phakellia izuensis
              Phakellia labellum
              Phakellia lamelligera
              Phakellia multiformis
              Phakellia palmata
              Phakellia paupera
              Phakellia perforata
              Phakellia plumosa
              Phakellia pygmaea
              Phakellia ridleyi
              Phakellia sportella
              Phakellia stelliderma
              Phakellia stipitata
              Phakellia symmetrica
              Phakellia vermiculata
              Phakellia ramosa
              Phakellia conulosa
              Phakellia lobata
              Phakellia cactoides
              Phakellia egregia
              Phakellia tumida
              Phakellia incisa
              Phakellia plicata
              Phakellia tenax
              Phakellia papyracea
              Phakellia papyracea
              Phakellia microxephora
              Phakellia crassa
              Phakellia flabellata
              Phakellia villosa
              Phakellia flabellata
              Phakellia jacksoniana
              Phakellia brassicata
              Phakellia cavernosa
              Phakellia hirondellei
              Phakellia donnani
              Phakellia aruensis
              Phakellia flabelloreticulata
              Phakellia infundibuliformis
              Phakellia columnata
              Phakellia sur
              Phakellia cribrosa
              Phakellia setosa
              Phakellia inflexa
              Phakellia radiata
          Pseudaxinella
          Tragosia
          Cymbastela
          Dragmacidon
          Dragmaxia
          Pararhaphoxya
          Phycopsis
          Ptilocaulis
          Reniochalina
          Adreissa
          Axiamon
          Axinosia
          Chalinissa
          Teichaxinella
          Axidragma
          Phacellia
          Ketosus
          Pipestela
          Querciclona
        Bubaridae
        Desmoxyidae
        Dictyonellidae
        Halichondriidae
        Hymeniacidonidae
        Heteroxyidae
        Phakellidae
        Scopalinidae
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
      Petrosida
      Nepheliospongida
      Choristida
      Axinellida
      Agelasida
      Demospongiae incertae sedis
      Verticillitida
      Keratosa
      Myxospongiae
      Gummineae
      Verongimorpha
      Tetractinellida
      Democlavia
    Sclerospongiae
    Hyalospongiae
    Calcispongiae
  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
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera