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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
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
          Iophonidae
          Microcionidae
            Microcioninae
            Ophlitaspongiinae
              Quintoxilla
              Antho
                  Antho arctica
                  Antho brattegardi
                  Antho circonflexa
                  Antho coriacea
                  Antho dichotoma
                  Antho erecta
                  Antho fragilis
                  Antho involvens
                  Antho lundbecki
                  Antho novizelanica
                  Antho oxeifera
                  Antho paradoxa
                  Antho paucispina
                  Antho bakusi
                  Antho (Acarnia)
                  Antho (Antho)
                  Antho (Isopenectya)
                    Antho (Isopenectya) chartacea
                    Antho (Isopenectya) primitiva
                    Antho (Isopenectya) punicea
                    Antho (Isopenectya) saintvincenti
                  Antho brondstedi
                  Antho (Plocamia)
                  Antho kellyae
                  Antho spinulosa
                  Antho granditoxa
                  Antho plena
                  Antho anisotyla
                  Antho arbuscula
                  Antho burtoni
                  Antho inconstans
                  Antho delaubenfelsi
                  Antho elegans
                  Antho frondifera
                  Antho gymnazusa
                  Antho hallezi
                  Antho illgi
                  Antho inconspicua
                  Antho karykina
                  Antho karyoka
                  Antho manaarensis
                  Antho clopetaria
              Artemisina
              Ophlitaspongia
              Plocamia
              Plocamilla
              Echinoclathria
              Sigmeurypon
              Anthoarcuata
              Clathriella
              Dictyoclathria
              Dirrhopalum
              Echinoplocamia
              Heteroclathria
              Holoplocamia
              Jia
              Lissoplocamia
              Ophlitospongia
              Plocamiopsis
              Protoclathria
              Qasimella
              Anomoclathria
              Quizciona
              Placomia
              Acarnia
              Isopenectya
              Isociona
              Dyctioclathria
            Acarniidae
            Ophlitaspongiidae
          Raspailiidae
          Rhabderemiidae
          Clathriidae
          Acarnidae
          Sollasellidae
          Iophoneae
          Cornulidae
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
        Latrunculina
      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
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