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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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
  Gracilicutes
    Cyanobacteria
      Cyanophyceae
        Stigonematales
        Nostocophycideae
        Oscillatoriophycideae
          Chroococcales
            Chroococcaceae
            Microcystaceae
              Microcystis
                Microcystis aeruginosa
                    Microcystis aeruginosa f. flos-aquae
                    Microcystis aeruginosa f. viridis
                Microcystis flos-aquae
                Microcystis wesenbergii
                Microcystis holsatica
                Microcystis ichthyoblabe
                Microcystis scripta
                Microcystis smithii
                Microcystis grevillei
                Microcystis viridis
                Microcystis delicatissima
                Microcystis ovalis
              Gloeocapsa
              Polycystis
            Hydrococcaceae
            Entophysalidaceae
            Hyellaceae
            Dermocarpellaceae
            Xenococcaceae
          Oscillatoriales
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera