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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
              Spatangoida
                Hemiasteridae
                Brissidina
                  Asterostomatidae
                  Brissidae
                    Brissus
                    Metalia
                        Metalia Costae
                        Metalia spatagus
                        Metalia robillardi
                        Metalia sternalis
                        Metalia dicrana
                        Metalia maculosa
                        Metalia kermadecensis
                        Metalia angustus
                        Metalia latissima
                        Metalia nobilis
                        Metalia townsendi
                        Metalia africana
                        Metalia gareti
                        Metalia garretti
                        Metalia pectoralis
                        Metalia persica
                    Plagiobrissus
                    Rhabdobrissus
                    Prometalia
                    Meoma
                    Brissopsinae
                    Anabrissus
                    Anametalia
                    Idiobryssus
                    Neopneustes
                    Peraspatangus
                    Rhynobrissus
                    Schizobrissus
                    Taimanawa
                    Cionobrissus
                    Rhinobrissus
                    Cionobryssus
                    Peripneustes
                    Plagionotus
                    Plagiostomus
                    Mortensenaster
                    Xanthobrissus
                    Metaliopsis
                    Eobrissus
                    Radiobrissus
                    Metallia
                    Idiobrissus
                  Spatangidea
                  Antillasteridae
                  Palaeotropidae
                Micrasterina
                Paleopneustina
                Palaeostomatidae
                Somaliasteridae
                Spatangoida incertae sedis
                Toxasteridae
              Holasteroida
              Acrolusiidae
              Collyritidae
              Disasteridae
              Tithoniidae
              Galeropygoida
              Disasteroida
              Spatangidea
              Notidisaster
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera