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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
              Hyperiidea
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
                Gammarida
                    Acanthonotozomatidae
                    Amathillopsidae
                    Ampeliscidae
                    Amphilochidae
                    Anisogammaridae
                    Argissidae
                    Astyridae
                    Biancolinidae
                    Bogidiellidae
                    Carangoliopsidae
                    Cheluridae
                    Colomastigidae
                    Cressidae
                    Dexaminidae
                    Epimeriidae
                    Gammaracanthidae
                    Gammaridae
                    Haustoriidae
                    Hyperiopsidae
                    Iphimediidae
                    Lafystiidae
                    Laphystiopsidae
                    Lepechinellidae
                    Leucothoidae
                    Liljeborgiidae
                    Megaluropidae
                    Melitidae
                    Melphidippidae
                    Odiidae
                    Oedicerotidae
                    Pardaliscidae
                    Phoxocephalidae
                    Pleustidae
                    Pontoporeiidae
                    Sebidae
                    Stegocephalidae
                    Stenothoidae
                    Synopiidae
                    Urothoidae
                    Valettiidae
                    Atylidae
                    Tironidae
                    Bateidae
                    Clarenciidae
                    Lysianassoidea
                    Didymocheliidae
                    Eusiroidea
                    Pagetinidae
                    Phoxocephalopsidae
                    Pseudamphilochidae
                    Stilipedidae
                    Exoedicerotidae
                    Iphimedioidea
                    Acanthonotozomellidae
                    Ochlesidae
                    Trischizostomatidae
                    Paramphitoidae
                    Dikwidae
                    Urohaustoriidae
                    Zobrachoidae
                    Hadziidae
                    Platyischnopidae
                    Cyproideidae
                      Cyproidea
                      Peltocoxa
                      Stegoplax
                      Victorhensenoides
                    Vicmusiidae
                    Cheidae
                    Lysianassidae s.l.
                    Cardenioidae
                    Alicellidae
                    Valettiopsidae
                    Maeridae
                    Miramarassidae
                    Thurstonellidae
                Talitrida
                Sicafodiidae
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
              Neomegamphopidae
              Iciliidae
              Iulopididae
              Kuriidae
              Maxillipiidae
              Paracalliopiidae
              Pleioplateidae
              Podoprionidae
              Priscillinidae
              Priscomilitaridae
              Prolanceolidae
              Regaliidae
              Sinurothoidae
              Sternophysingidae
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      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
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