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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
      Verongida
      Astrophorida
      Chondrosida
      Hadromerida
      'Lithistida'
      Spirophorida
        Tetillidae
          Chrotella
          Cinachyra
            Cinachyra australiensis
            Cinachyra cavernosa
            Cinachyra tarentina
            Cinachyra antarctica
            Cinachyra barbata
            Cinachyra albabidens
            Cinachyra albaobtusa
            Cinachyra albatridens
            Cinachyra alloclada
            Cinachyra apion
            Cinachyra arenosa
            Cinachyra eurystoma
            Cinachyra hamata
            Cinachyra kuekenthali
            Cinachyra novaezealandiae
            Cinachyra phacoides
            Cinachyra schulzei
            Cinachyra tenuiviolacea
            Cinachyra trochiformis
            Cinachyra uteoides
            Cinachyra vaccinata
            Cinachyra voeltzkowi
            Cinachyra lacerata
            Cinachyra isis
            Cinachyra malaccensis
            Cinachyra providentiae
            Cinachyra rhizophyta
            Cinachyra schistospiculosa
            Cinachyra subterranea
            Cinachyra vertex
                Cinachyra vertex monticularis
            Cinachyra mertoni
            Cinachyra alba
            Cinachyra helena
            Cinachyra australiensis
          Craniella
          Tetilla
          Acanthotetilla
          Amphitethya
          Cinachyrella
          Fangophilina
          Paratetilla
          Acanthocinachyra
          Craniellopsis
          Lophurella
          Polyura
          Psetalia
          Raphidotethya
          Spiretta
          Spongocardium
          Tethyopsilla
          Trachygellius
          Casula
          Ectyonilla
          Kaira
          Uliczka
          Dactylella
          Polyurella
          Cinochyra
        Samidae
        Spirasigmidae
        Ectyonillidae
      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