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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
          Clavelinidae
          Didemnidae
          Polycitoridae
          Polyclinidae
            Aplidiopsis
            Aplidium
            Polyclinella
            Polyclinum
            Sidneioides
            Sidnyum
                Sidnyum elegans
                Sidnyum turbinatum
                Sidnyum radiatum
                Sidnyum radicosum
                Sidnyum antarcticum
                Sidnyum appendiculatum
                Sidnyum hians
                Sidnyum indicum
                Sidnyum leviventer
                Sidnyum pentatrema
                Sidnyum pererratum
                Sidnyum polytrema
                Sidnyum punctans
                Sidnyum pallidum
                Sidnyum peruvianum
                Sidnyum areolata
                Sidnyum flemingii
            Synoicum
            Morchellium
            Amaroucium
            Psammaplidium
            Amaroecium
            Amoroecium
            Amouroecium
            Amouroucium
            Aplidie
            Atopogaster
            Circinalium
            Fragarium
            Glossophorum
            Heterotrema
            Lissamaroucium
            Macrenteron
            Macroclinum
            Morchelloides
            Neodictyon
            Parascidia
            Parascidium
            Polyclinoides
            Polyclinopsis
            Psammaplidum
            Fragaroides
            Aplidum
            Homoeodistoma
          Euherdmaniidae
        Phlebobranchia
        Stolidobranchia
      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