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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
      Asteroidea
      Ophiuroidea
        Ophiurida
          Laemophiurina
          Ophiomyxina
            Ophiomyxidae
              Ophioprium
              Astrogeron
              Ophiobyrsa
              Ophiobyrsella
              Ophiogeron
              Ophiomyxa
              Ophiophrixus
              Ophioscolex
                  Ophioscolex glacialis
                  Ophioscolex quadrispinus
                  Ophioscolex retectus
                  Ophioscolex spinosa
                  Ophioscolex nutrix
                  Ophioscolex dentatus
                  Ophioscolex inermis
                  Ophioscolex tripapillatus
                  Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus)
                    Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) purpureus
                    Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) farquhari
                    Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) dentatus
                    Ophioscolex (Ophiolycus) nutrix
                  Ophioscolex corynetes
                  Ophioscolex fragilis
                  Ophioscolex marionis
                  Ophioscolex pertinax
                  Ophioscolex serratus
                  Ophioscolex tropicus
                  Ophioscolex purpurea
                  Ophioscolex coppingeri
                  Ophioscolex stimpsonii
                  Ophioscolex prolifer
              Ophiocynodus
              Ophiodera
              Ophiocymbium
              Neoplax
              Ophiolycus
              Renetheo
              Ophiostiba
              Ophiohyalus
              Ophiosmilax
              Ophiosyzygus
              Ophioleptoplax
              Astrogymnotes
              Ophiologimus
              Ophiovesta
              Ophiocanops
              Ophiophrura
              Ophiobrachion
              Ophioschiza
              Ophiostyracium
              Ophiohymen
              Ophioblenna
              Ophiomora
              Ophioplexa
              Ophiorupta
        Phrynophiurida
        Ophiuroidea Incertae sedis
        Euryalae
        Ophiocanopidae
      Stelleroidea
    Echinozoa
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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