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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
        Mycalina
        Myxillina
          Coelosphaeridae
          Crambeidae
          Crellidae
          Dendoricellidae
          Desmacididae
          Hymedesmiidae
          Iotrochotidae
            Hymetrochota
            Iotroata
            Iotrochota
              Iotrochota acanthostylifera
              Iotrochota affinis
              Iotrochota magna
              Iotrochota oxeata
              Iotrochota polydentata
              Iotrochota rotulancora
              Iotrochota spinosa
              Iotrochota varidens
              Iotrochota abyssi
              Iotrochota acerata
              Iotrochota agglomerata
              Iotrochota baculifera
                  Iotrochota baculifera var. flabellata
                  Iotrochota baculifera var. minor
                  Iotrochota baculifera var. tumescens
              Iotrochota birotulata
              Iotrochota bistylata
              Iotrochota coccinea
              Iotrochota iota
              Iotrochota membranosa
              Iotrochota nigra
              Iotrochota pella
              Iotrochota protea
              Iotrochota purpurea
              Iotrochota somovi
              Iotrochota imminuta
              Iotrochota arbuscula
              Iotrochota hiatti
              Iotrochota arenosa
              Iotrochota atra
              Iotrochota dubia
            Amphiastrella
            Iotrochopsamma
            Rotuloplocamia
            Hiattrochota
            Hymenotrocha
            Iotrochostyla
            Sigmarotula
            Iotaota
          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
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