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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                    Galatheidae
                    Porcellanidae
                      Pisidia
                      Porcellana
                      Polyonyx
                          Polyonyx gibbesi
                          Polyonyx biunguiculatus
                          Polyonyx denticulatus
                          Polyonyx pedalis
                          Polyonyx pugilator
                          Polyonyx triunguiculatus
                          Polyonyx boucheti
                          Polyonyx spina
                          Polyonyx haigae
                          Polyonyx hendersoni
                          Polyonyx loimicola
                          Polyonyx maccullochi
                          Polyonyx obesulus
                          Polyonyx sinensis
                          Polyonyx splendidus
                          Polyonyx transversus
                          Polyonyx thai
                          Polyonyx tulearis
                          Polyonyx utinomii
                          Polyonyx vermicola
                          Polyonyx confinis
                          Polyonyx nitidus
                          Polyonyx quadriungulatus
                          Polyonyx bouvieri
                          Polyonyx plumatus
                          Polyonyx quadratus
                          Polyonyx senegalensis
                          Polyonyx hexagonalis
                          Polyonyx carinatus
                          Polyonyx parabiunguiculatus
                          Polyonyx parvidens
                          Polyonyx paucidens
                          Polyonyx acutifrons
                      Pachycheles
                      Porcellanella
                      Neopetrolisthes
                      Petrolisthes
                      Aliaporcellana
                      Capilliporcellana
                      Enosteoides
                      Heteropolyonyx
                      Lissoporcellana
                      Petrocheles
                      Novorostrum
                      Raphidopus
                      Eulenaios
                      Pseudoporcellanella
                      Ancylocheles
                      Heteroporcellana
                      Allopetrolisthes
                      Clastotoechus
                      Euceramus
                      Liopetrolisthes
                      Madarateuchus
                      Megalobrachium
                      Neopisosoma
                      Parapetrolisthes
                      Minyocerus
                      Orthochela
                      Ulloaia
                      Porcellanopsis
                      Porcellanides
                      Porcellina
                      Pisosoma
                      Streptochirus
                      Platycheles
                      Enostea
                      Polyonix
                      Percellana
                    Munidopsidae
                    Munididae
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          Peracarida
        Hoplocarida
      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
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