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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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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
            Bathypyura
            Boltenia
            Bolteniopsis
            Cratostigma
            Culeolus
            Halocynthia
            Heterostigma
            Microcosmus
            Pyura
            Bathypera
            Hartmeyeria
            Cynthia
            Herdmania
            Claudeuns
            Ctenicella
            Ctenyura
            Cynthie
            Cynthiopsis
            Forbesella
            Halomolgula
            Hemistyela
            Holocynthia
            Hyalocynthia
            Liouvillea
            Paraculeolus
            Paracynthia
            Podocynthia
            Pyurella
            Pyuropsis
            Tethyum
                Tethyum natale
                Tethyum arenicolum
                Tethyum areolatum
                Tethyum asymmetron
                Tethyum atlanticum
                Tethyum aurantium
                Tethyum australiense
                Tethyum bathybium
                Tethyum canopus
                Tethyum clava
                Tethyum clavatum
                Tethyum compressum
                Tethyum coriaceum
                Tethyum costatum
                Tethyum curtzei
                Tethyum cylindriforme
                Tethyum doliolum
                Tethyum drygalskii
                Tethyum elsa
                Tethyum fibrosum
                Tethyum finmarkiense
                Tethyum flavum
                Tethyum gelatinosum
                Tethyum gibbsii
                Tethyum gibsii
                Tethyum glans
                Tethyum godeffroyi
                Tethyum grahami
                Tethyum igaboja
                Tethyum insinuosum
                Tethyum jacatrensis
                Tethyum joannae
                Tethyum lacteum
                Tethyum loveni
                Tethyum magalhaensis
                Tethyum maeandrium
                Tethyum microspinosum
                Tethyum milleri
                Tethyum molle
                Tethyum montereyense
                Tethyum mortenseni
                Tethyum nisiotis
                Tethyum nodiferum
                Tethyum nordenskjoldi
                Tethyum oblongum
                Tethyum ohlini
                Tethyum orbiculare
                Tethyum paessleri
                Tethyum papillosum
                Tethyum partitum
                Tethyum plicatum
                Tethyum pupa
                Tethyum pyriforme
                Tethyum quidni
                Tethyum rhizopus
                Tethyum roretzi
                Tethyum rusticum
                Tethyum serpentina
                Tethyum serpentinum
                Tethyum sociabile
                Tethyum spectabile
                Tethyum spiriferum
                Tethyum steineni
                Tethyum stimpsoni
                Tethyum tholiforme
                Tethyum tholiformis
                Tethyum truncatum
                Tethyum verrucosum
                Tethyum wandeli
                Tethyum whiteleggei
                Tethyum whiteleggii
                Tethyum yakutatense
                Tethyum truncata
                Tethyum yakutatensis
                Tethyum plicata
                Tethyum pyriformis
                Tethyum montereyensis
                Tethyum verrucosa
                Tethyum mollis
                Tethyum finmarckiense
                Tethyum nordenskjoeldi
            Claudenus
          Styelidae
          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