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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
    Calcarea
    Hexactinellida
    Homoscleromorpha
    Porifera incertae sedis
    Demospongiae
      Ceractinomorpha
      Tetractinomorpha
      Dendroceratida
      Dictyoceratida
        Dysideidae
        Irciniidae
        Spongiidae
          Coscinoderma
          Ditela
          Euspongia
          Hippospongia
              Hippospongia communis
              Hippospongia ammata
              Hippospongia anfractuosa
              Hippospongia canaliculata
              Hippospongia cerebrum
              Hippospongia cylindrica
              Hippospongia decidua
              Hippospongia densa
              Hippospongia derasa
              Hippospongia equina
              Hippospongia fistulosa
              Hippospongia flabellum
              Hippospongia galea
              Hippospongia gossypina
              Hippospongia lachne
              Hippospongia laxa
              Hippospongia massa
              Hippospongia mauritiana
              Hippospongia micropora
              Hippospongia mollissima
              Hippospongia multicia
              Hippospongia nardorus
              Hippospongia nigra
              Hippospongia osculata
              Hippospongia pacifica
              Hippospongia reticulata
              Hippospongia seposita
              Hippospongia typica
              Hippospongia dentata
              Hippospongia aphroditella
              Hippospongia elastica
              Hippospongia metachromia
              Hippospongia frondosa
              Hippospongia anomala
              Hippospongia decidua
              Hippospongia dura
              Hippospongia mollissima
          Hyattella
          Spongia
          Leiosella
          Rhopaloeides
          Aphrodite
          Ceratodendron
          Trypespongia
          Luffariospongia
          Evenor
          Hippiospongia
          Silicifibris
        Thorectidae
        Verticillitidae
      Halichondrida
      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