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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
            Pourtalesioida
            Atelostomata
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
              Cassiduloida
              Clypeasteroida
                Laganina
                Scutellina
                  Laganiformes
                    Fibulariidae
                    Laganidae
                      Jacksonaster
                      Peronella
                      Laganum
                        Laganum joubini
                        Laganum fudsiyama
                            Laganum fudsiyama africanum
                            Laganum fudsiyama indecum
                            Laganum fudsiyama fudsiyama
                        Laganum depressum
                        Laganum decagonale
                        Laganum boninese
                        Laganum centrale
                        Laganum laganum
                        Laganum putnami
                        Laganum retinens
                        Laganum versatile
                        Laganum dickersoni
                        Laganum (Peronella)
                        Laganum orbiculare
                        Laganum pellucidum
                        Laganum peronii
                        Laganum rostratum
                        Laganum rullandi
                        Laganum scutiforme
                        Laganum sinaiticum
                        Laganum solidum
                        Laganum stellatum
                        Laganum strigatum
                        Laganum tonganese
                        Laganum tumidum
                        Laganum anale
                        Laganum attenuatum
                        Laganum bonani
                        Laganum bonanii
                        Laganum conchatum
                        Laganum conicum
                        Laganum decagonalis
                        Laganum decagonum
                        Laganum delicatum
                        Laganum diploporum
                        Laganum dyscritum
                        Laganum ellipticum
                        Laganum elongatum
                        Laganum latissimum
                        Laganum lesueuri
                        Laganum ludwigi
                        Laganum marginale
                        Laganum mazzettii
                        Laganum minor
                        Laganum minutum
                        Laganum dickersonii
                      Laganinae
                      Neolaganinae
                      Hupea
                      Rumphia
                      Sismondia
                      Lagana
                      Michelinia
                      Polyaster
                      Lambertiella
                    Echinocyamidae
                  Scutelliformes
                  Scutellina incertae sedis
                  Scutellinidae
                Rotulina
                Clypeasterina
                Conoclypidae
                Faujasiidae
                Oligopygidae
                Plesiolampadidae
                Togocyamids
              Apatopygidae
              Echinolampadoida
              Archiaciidae
              Claviasteridae
              Clypeidae
              Clypeolampadidae
              Nucleolitidae
              Pygaulidae
            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
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