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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                Aetideidae
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                Bathypontiidae
                Calanidae
                  Calanoides
                  Calanus
                      Calanus euxinus
                      Calanus finmarchicus
                      Calanus glacialis
                      Calanus helgolandicus
                      Calanus hyperboreus
                      Calanus tenuicornis
                      Calanus parvus
                      Calanus marshallae
                      Calanus pacificus
                        Calanus pacificus oceanicus
                        Calanus pacificus californicus
                        Calanus pacificus japonicus
                      Calanus minor
                      Calanus vulgaris
                      Calanus darwinii
                      Calanus propinquus
                      Calanus simillimus
                      Calanus australis
                      Calanus agulhensis
                      Calanus chilensis
                      Calanus jashnovi
                      Calanus sinicus
                      Calanus aculeatus
                      Calanus acutus
                      Calanus americanus
                      Calanus caroli
                      Calanus clausii
                      Calanus fonsecai
                      Calanus lighti
                      Calanus macrocarinatus
                      Calanus mastigophorus
                      Calanus minutus
                      Calanus orientalis
                      Calanus pauper
                      Calanus plumchrus
                      Calanus ponticus
                      Calanus princeps
                      Calanus robustior
                      Calanus synupuensis
                      Calanus tonsus
                      Calanus valgus
                      Calanus cristatus
                      Calanus gracilis
                      Calanus carinatus
                      Calanus affinis
                      Calanus amaenus
                      Calanus anglicus
                      Calanus appressus
                      Calanus arcticus
                      Calanus arcuicornis
                      Calanus arietis
                      Calanus attenuatus
                      Calanus bellus
                      Calanus borealis
                      Calanus brevicornis
                      Calanus caudatus
                      Calanus communis
                      Calanus comptus
                      Calanus cornutus
                      Calanus crassus
                      Calanus curtus
                      Calanus danai
                      Calanus elegans
                      Calanus elongatus
                      Calanus erythrochilus
                      Calanus euchaeta
                      Calanus flavipes
                      Calanus furcicaudus
                      Calanus inauritus
                      Calanus inconspicuus
                      Calanus latus
                      Calanus levis
                      Calanus longiremis
                      Calanus longus
                      Calanus magellanicus
                      Calanus magnus
                      Calanus medius
                      Calanus mirabilis
                      Calanus mundus
                      Calanus nataliensis
                      Calanus nudus
                      Calanus patagoniensis
                      Calanus pavo
                      Calanus pellucidus
                      Calanus penicillatus
                      Calanus perspicax
                      Calanus plumosus
                      Calanus plumulosus
                      Calanus pygmaeus
                      Calanus quinqueannulatus
                      Calanus ramosus
                      Calanus recticornis
                      Calanus rostrifrons
                      Calanus rotundatus
                      Calanus sanguineus
                      Calanus scutellatus
                      Calanus septentrionalis
                      Calanus setuligerus
                      Calanus simplicicaudus
                      Calanus spitzbergensis
                      Calanus stylifer
                      Calanus turbinatus
                      Calanus torticornis
                      Calanus dorsalis
                      Calanus (Carinocalanus)
                  Mesocalanus
                  Nannocalanus
                  Neocalanus
                  Undinula
                  Canthocalanus
                  Cosmocalanus
                  Cetochilus
                  Daphinia
                  Diarthropus
                  Metranura
                  Paratharybis
                  Undina
                Candaciidae
                Centropagidae
                Clausocalanidae
                Diaixidae
                Discoidae
                Eucalanidae
                Euchaetidae
                Heterorhabdidae
                Lucicutiidae
                Mecynoceridae
                Megacalanidae
                Mesaiokeratidae
                Metridinidae
                Paracalanidae
                Parapontellidae
                Phaennidae
                Phyllopodidae
                Pontellidae
                Pseudocyclopidae
                Pseudocyclopiidae
                Pseudodiaptomidae
                Ridgewayiidae
                Ryocalanidae
                Scolecitrichidae
                Spinocalanidae
                Stephidae
                Temoridae
                Tharybidae
                Pseudocalanidae
                Calocalanidae
                Nullosetigeridae
                Rhincalanidae
                Kyphocalanidae
                Rostrocalanidae
            Podoplea
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  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