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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                Aetideidae
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                Bathypontiidae
                Calanidae
                Candaciidae
                Centropagidae
                Clausocalanidae
                Diaixidae
                Discoidae
                Eucalanidae
                Euchaetidae
                Heterorhabdidae
                Lucicutiidae
                Mecynoceridae
                Megacalanidae
                Mesaiokeratidae
                Metridinidae
                Paracalanidae
                Parapontellidae
                Phaennidae
                Phyllopodidae
                Pontellidae
                Pseudocyclopidae
                Pseudocyclopiidae
                Pseudodiaptomidae
                Ridgewayiidae
                Ryocalanidae
                Scolecitrichidae
                  Amallothrix
                  Archescolecithrix
                  Heteramalla
                  Landrumius
                  Lophothrix
                  Mixtocalanus
                  Racovitzanus
                  Scaphocalanus
                  Scolecithricella
                  Scolecithrix
                  Scopalatum
                  Scottocalanus
                      Scottocalanus corystes
                      Scottocalanus helenae
                      Scottocalanus persecans
                      Scottocalanus securifrons
                      Scottocalanus thomasi
                      Scottocalanus thori
                      Scottocalanus dauglishi
                      Scottocalanus acutus
                      Scottocalanus australis
                      Scottocalanus backusi
                      Scottocalanus farrani
                      Scottocalanus infrequens
                      Scottocalanus investigatoris
                      Scottocalanus longispinus
                      Scottocalanus rotundatus
                      Scottocalanus sedatus
                      Scottocalanus setosus
                      Scottocalanus terranovae
                      Scottocalanus thorii
                      Scottocalanus cuneifrons
                  Pseudophaenna
                  Brodskius
                  Byrathis
                  Cenognatha
                  Omorius
                  Paraxantharus
                  Plesioscolecithrix
                  Pseudoamallothrix
                  Scolecitrichopsis
                  Xantharus
                  Falsilandrumius
                  Grievella
                  Macandrewella
                  Bertalda
                  Bradfordiella
                  Parascaphocalanus
                  Puchinia
                  Scolecocalanus
                  Undinothrix
                  Diaiscolecithrix
                Spinocalanidae
                Stephidae
                Temoridae
                Tharybidae
                Pseudocalanidae
                Calocalanidae
                Nullosetigeridae
                Rhincalanidae
                Kyphocalanidae
                Rostrocalanidae
            Podoplea
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      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
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