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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
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
            Pourtalesioida
            Atelostomata
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
              Cassiduloida
              Clypeasteroida
                Laganina
                Scutellina
                  Laganiformes
                    Fibulariidae
                    Laganidae
                        Jacksonaster
                        Peronella
                        Laganum
                          Laganum joubini
                          Laganum fudsiyama
                          Laganum depressum
                          Laganum decagonale
                          Laganum boninese
                          Laganum centrale
                          Laganum laganum
                          Laganum putnami
                          Laganum retinens
                          Laganum versatile
                          Laganum dickersoni
                          Laganum (Peronella)
                          Laganum orbiculare
                          Laganum pellucidum
                          Laganum peronii
                          Laganum rostratum
                          Laganum rullandi
                          Laganum scutiforme
                          Laganum sinaiticum
                          Laganum solidum
                          Laganum stellatum
                          Laganum strigatum
                          Laganum tonganese
                          Laganum tumidum
                          Laganum anale
                          Laganum attenuatum
                          Laganum bonani
                          Laganum bonanii
                          Laganum conchatum
                          Laganum conicum
                          Laganum decagonalis
                          Laganum decagonum
                          Laganum delicatum
                          Laganum diploporum
                          Laganum dyscritum
                          Laganum ellipticum
                          Laganum elongatum
                          Laganum latissimum
                          Laganum lesueuri
                          Laganum ludwigi
                          Laganum marginale
                          Laganum mazzettii
                          Laganum minor
                          Laganum minutum
                          Laganum dickersonii
                        Laganinae
                        Neolaganinae
                        Hupea
                        Rumphia
                        Sismondia
                        Lagana
                        Michelinia
                        Polyaster
                        Lambertiella
                    Echinocyamidae
                  Scutelliformes
                  Scutellina incertae sedis
                  Scutellinidae
                Rotulina
                Clypeasterina
                Conoclypidae
                Faujasiidae
                Oligopygidae
                Plesiolampadidae
                Togocyamids
              Apatopygidae
              Echinolampadoida
              Archiaciidae
              Claviasteridae
              Clypeidae
              Clypeolampadidae
              Nucleolitidae
              Pygaulidae
            Microstomata
            Echinoneoida
            Desorellidae
            Galeropygidae
            Pygasteridae
            Pygorhytidae
            Gitolampadids
            Pygurids
            Catopygids
            Hyboclypids
            Mesodiadema
            Loriolella
            Pseudopygaster
            Menopygidae
            Infraclypeidae
            Grasia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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