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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
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
    Tunicata
      Ascidiacea
        Aplousobranchia
        Phlebobranchia
        Stolidobranchia
          Molgulidae
          Pyuridae
          Styelidae
            Alloeocarpa
            Bathyoncus
            Bathystyeloides
            Botrylloides
                Botrylloides leachi
                Botrylloides violaceus
                Botrylloides aureum
                Botrylloides diegense
                Botrylloides gregalis
                Botrylloides nigrum
                Botrylloides meandrinum
                Botrylloides chevalense
                Botrylloides fuscus
                Botrylloides leachii
                Botrylloides lenis
                Botrylloides lentus
                Botrylloides saccus
                Botrylloides simodensis
                Botrylloides anceps
                Botrylloides perspicuus
                Botrylloides purpureum
                Botrylloides superbum
                Botrylloides albicans
                Botrylloides aurantium
                Botrylloides aurea
                Botrylloides boloniense
                Botrylloides carnosum
                Botrylloides chazaliei
                Botrylloides clavelina
                Botrylloides cyanescens
                Botrylloides diegensis
                Botrylloides eligulatum
                Botrylloides fulgurale
                Botrylloides insigne
                Botrylloides lateritium
                Botrylloides leptum
                Botrylloides maeandrium
                Botrylloides magnicoecum
                Botrylloides magnicoecus
                Botrylloides magnum
                Botrylloides namei
                Botrylloides niger
                Botrylloides parvulum
                Botrylloides parvulus
                Botrylloides perspicuum
                Botrylloides prostratum
                Botrylloides pusilla
                Botrylloides radiata
                Botrylloides ramulosa
                Botrylloides rotifera
                Botrylloides rubrum
                Botrylloides rugosum
                Botrylloides sparsa
                Botrylloides translucidum
                Botrylloides tyreum
                Botrylloides vinosa
                Botrylloides violaceum
                Botrylloides maeandrius
                Botrylloides magnus
                Botrylloides planus
                Botrylloides giganteum
            Botryllus
            Cnemidocarpa
            Dendrodoa
            Dicarpa
            Distomus
            Eusynstyela
            Kukenthalia
            Pelonaia
            Polyandrocarpa
            Polycarpa
            Protostyela
            Psammostyela
            Seriocarpa
            Stolonica
            Styela
            Tibitin
            Minostyela
            Polyzoa
            Metrocarpa
            Dextrocarpa
            Gynandrocarpa
            Metandrocarpa
            Symplegma
            Amphicarpa
            Alcyonium
            Alleocarpa
            Arnbackia
            Asterocarpa
            Azygocarpa
            Berillia
            Botryllocarpa
            Botryorchis
            Chorizocarpa
            Chorizocormus
            Clavellinopsis
            Diandrocarpa
            Dictyostyela
            Glandula
            Goniocarpa
            Goodsiria
            Katatropa
            Michaelsenia
            Molstyela
            Monandrocarpa
            Monoandrocarpa
            Monobotryllus
            Myxobotrus
            Oculinaria
            Okamia
            Oligocarpa
            Pandocia
            Parabotryllus
            Polycyclus
            Protobotryllus
            Psammobotrus
            Psilostyela
            Redikorzevia
            Sarcobotrylloides
            Styeloides
            Styelopsis
            Syncarpa
            Synstyela
            Theodorella
            Thylacium
            Vannamea
            Ypsilocarpa
            Podostyela
          Hexacrobylidae
      Larvacea
      Sorberacea
      Thaliacea
      Appendicularia
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera