Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions

Search


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).

Search for a Species
Browse For a Marine Species
Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
      Halichondrida
      Halisarcida
      Haplosclerida
      Poecilosclerida
        Microcionina
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
            Chaetodoryx
            Clinolabis
            Coelectys
            Coelosphaera
              Coelosphaera (Histodermion)
              Coelosphaera appendiculata
              Coelosphaera macrosigma
              Coelosphaera phlyctenodes
              Coelosphaera physa
              Coelosphaera picoensis
              Coelosphaera tunicata
              Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera)
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) appendiculata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) bullata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) calcifera
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) chondroida
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) crumena
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) crusta
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) dichela
                    Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) dichela gracilis
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) fistula
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) fucoides
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) globosa
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) hatchi
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) hechteli
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) macrosigma
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) natalensis
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) navicelligera
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) pedicellata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) peltata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) phlyctenodes
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) physa
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) picoensis
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) polymasteides
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) ramosa
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) raphidifera
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) solenoidea
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) transiens
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tubifex
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) tunicata
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) verrucosa
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) oglalai
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) antarctica
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) encrusta
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) raphidifera
                Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) gracilis
              Coelosphaera globosa
              Coelosphaera bullata
              Coelosphaera chondroida
              Coelosphaera crumena
              Coelosphaera crusta
              Coelosphaera dichela
              Coelosphaera fistula
              Coelosphaera hechteli
              Coelosphaera pedicellata
              Coelosphaera transiens
              Coelosphaera tubifex
              Coelosphaera cryosi
              Coelosphaera dividuum
              Coelosphaera toxifera
              Coelosphaera microraphida
              Coelosphaera navicelligera
              Coelosphaera encrusta
              Coelosphaera oglalai
              Coelosphaera raphidifera
              Coelosphaera biclavata
            Ectoforcepia
            Ectyodoryx
            Forcepia
            Histoderma
            Histodermella
            Inflatella
            Joyeuxia
            Leptolabis
            Lissodendoryx
            Paramyxilla
            Lepidosphaera
            Coelosphaericon
            Damiriana
            Forcipina
            Histioderma
            Siderodermella
            Tedandoryx
            Trachyforcepia
            Wilsa
            Zetekispongia
            Zottea
            Zetekopsis
            Xytopsoocha
            Damiriella
            Labisophlita
            Marcusoldia
            Naauna
            Sideroderma
            Celtodoryx
            Histodermion
            Waldoschmittia
            Anomodoryx
            Acanthodoryx
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
          Hymedesmiidae
          Iotrochotidae
          Myxillidae
          Tedaniidae
          Anchinoidae
          Desmacidonidae
          Chondropsidae
          Phellodermidae
        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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera