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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
                        Victorhensenoides arntzi
                  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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