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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
            Aglaopheniidae
              Aglaophenia
              Cladocarpus
              Gymnangium
                  Gymnangium montagui
                  Gymnangium sinosum
                  Gymnangium hians
                    Gymnangium hians var. balei
                  Gymnangium eximium
                  Gymnangium africanum
                  Gymnangium allmani
                  Gymnangium arcuatum
                  Gymnangium ascidioides
                  Gymnangium aureum
                  Gymnangium birostratum
                  Gymnangium elegans
                  Gymnangium expansum
                  Gymnangium explorationis
                  Gymnangium exsertum
                  Gymnangium ferlusi
                  Gymnangium furcatum
                  Gymnangium gracilicaule
                  Gymnangium humile
                  Gymnangium indivisum
                  Gymnangium ishikawai
                  Gymnangium japonicum
                  Gymnangium longicaudum
                  Gymnangium longicorne
                  Gymnangium longirostre
                  Gymnangium magnirostre
                  Gymnangium mammillatum
                  Gymnangium pennatulum
                  Gymnangium prolifer
                  Gymnangium richardi
                  Gymnangium roretzii
                  Gymnangium setosum
                  Gymnangium speciosum
                  Gymnangium superbum
                  Gymnangium tenuirostre
                  Gymnangium thetidis
                  Gymnangium tubuliferum
                  Gymnangium twistum
                  Gymnangium undulatum
                  Gymnangium urceoliferum
                  Gymnangium vegae
                  Gymnangium campanulatum
                  Gymnangium intermedium
                  Gymnangium balei
                  Gymnangium regalis
                  Gymnangium variabile
                  Gymnangium unjinense
                  Gymnangium haswelli
                  Gymnangium australimage
                  Gymnangium superbe
                  Gymnangium tubulifer
              Lytocarpia
              Macrorhynchia
              Nematocarpus
              Streptocaulus
              Nematophorus
              Thecocarpus
              Aglophenia
              Theocarpus
              Cladocarpoides
              Diplocheilus
              Monoserius
              Wanglaophenia
              Carpocladus
              Aglaophenopsis
              Dinotheca
              Halicornaria
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
            Kirchenpaueriidae
            Malagazziidae
            Melicertidae
            Orchistomidae
            Tiaropsidae
            Syntheciidae
            Hebellidae
            Teclaiidae
            Cirrholoveniidae
            Clathrozoidae
            Lineolariidae
            Octocannoididae
            Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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
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