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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
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
              Anoplogasteridae
              Berycidae
              Diretmidae
              Holocentridae
              Trachichthyidae
                Gephyroberyx
                Hoplostethus
                    Hoplostethus atlanticus
                    Hoplostethus cadenati
                    Hoplostethus mediterraneus
                    Hoplostethus occidentalis
                    Hoplostethus abramovi
                    Hoplostethus mikhailini
                    Hoplostethus tenebricus
                    Hoplostethus rifti
                    Hoplostethus melanopus
                    Hoplostethus melanopterus
                    Hoplostethus confinis
                    Hoplostethus crassispinus
                    Hoplostethus druzhinini
                    Hoplostethus fedorovi
                    Hoplostethus fragilis
                    Hoplostethus gigas
                    Hoplostethus intermedius
                    Hoplostethus japonicus
                    Hoplostethus latus
                    Hoplostethus marisrubri
                    Hoplostethus mento
                    Hoplostethus metallicus
                    Hoplostethus pacificus
                    Hoplostethus rubellopterus
                    Hoplostethus shubnikovi
                    Hoplostethus vniro
                    Hoplostethus ravurictus
                Aulotrachichthys
                Optivus
                Paratrachichthys
                Parinoberyx
                Sorosichthys
                Trachichthys
                Korsogaster
                Leiogaster
                Leiognaster
                Gephyroberys
                Hoplostenthus
                Hoplostetus
                Hoplosthethus
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera