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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
    Adenophorea
      Chromadoria
        Chromadorida
          Chromadorina
            Chromadoroidea
              Chromadoridae
                Chromadorinae
                    Atrochromadora
                    Chromadora
                    Chromadorella
                    Fusonema
                    Prochromadora
                    Prochromadorella
                      Prochromadorella acridentata
                      Prochromadorella actuaria
                      Prochromadorella ambigua
                      Prochromadorella attenuata
                      Prochromadorella brachyura
                      Prochromadorella ditlevseni
                      Prochromadorella longicaudata
                      Prochromadorella macroocellata
                      Prochromadorella maculata
                      Prochromadorella mediterranea
                      Prochromadorella neapolitana
                      Prochromadorella norwegica
                      Prochromadorella obtusidens
                      Prochromadorella paramucrodonta
                      Prochromadorella quinquepapillata
                      Prochromadorella septempapillata
                      Prochromadorella subterranea
                      Prochromadorella tenuicauda
                      Prochromadorella germanica
                    Punctodora
                    Ptycholaimellus
                    Chromadorina
                    Paradichromadora
                Euchromadorinae
                Hypodontolaiminae
                Spilipherinae
              Cyatholaimidae
              Ethmolaimidae
              Neotonchidae
              Selachinematidae
              Benthimermithidae
          Leptolaimina
        Monhysterida
        Araeolaimida
        Desmodorida
        Desmoscolecida
        Plectida
      Enoplia
      Adenophorea incertae sedis
      Mermithida
    Secernentea
    Nematoda incertae sedis
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera