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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
              Anthuridea
              Asellota
              Epicaridea
              Flabellifera
              Gnathiidea
              Microcerberidea
              Valvifera
                Arcturidae
                  Arcturella
                  Arcturinella
                  Arcturopsis
                  Arcturus
                      Arcturus scabrosus
                      Arcturus serrulatus
                      Arcturus baffini
                      Arcturus hystrix
                      Arcturus acuticaudalis
                      Arcturus anophthalmus
                      Arcturus asper
                      Arcturus beringanus
                      Arcturus caribbaeus
                      Arcturus crassispinis
                      Arcturus crenulatus
                      Arcturus diversispinis
                      Arcturus glabrus
                      Arcturus granulatus
                      Arcturus hastatus
                      Arcturus hastiger
                      Arcturus longispinis
                      Arcturus macrurus
                      Arcturus magnispinis
                      Arcturus ochotensis
                      Arcturus parvus
                      Arcturus pawneeanus
                      Arcturus seminudus
                      Arcturus setosus
                      Arcturus spinata
                      Arcturus subtilis
                      Arcturus ulbani
                      Arcturus verrucosus
                      Arcturus acanthurus
                      Arcturus floridanus
                      Arcturus furcatus
                      Arcturus glacialis
                      Arcturus hirsutus
                      Arcturus multispinis
                      Arcturus polaris
                      Arcturus spinifrons
                      Arcturus tenuispinis
                      Arcturus danmoniensis
                      Arcturus purpureus
                      Arcturus corniger
                      Arcturus pusilla
                      Arcturus beddardi
                      Arcturus franklini
                      Arcturus studeri
                      Arcturus americanus
                      Arcturus coppingeri
                      Arcturus tritaeniatus
                      Arcturus tuberculatus
                      Arcturus spinosus
                      Arcturus tarasovi
                      Arcturus intermedius
                      Arcturus murdochi
                      Arcturus kophameli
                      Arcturus patagonicus
                      Arcturus oculatus
                      Arcturus deshayesii
                      Arcturus primus
                      Arcturus alcicornis
                      Arcturus brevicornis
                      Arcturus dentatus
                      Arcturus nodosus
                      Arcturus simplicissimus
                      Arcturus cornutus
                      Arcturus abyssicolus
                      Arcturus adareanus
                      Arcturus affinis
                      Arcturus anna
                      Arcturus cornutus
                      Arcturus linearis
                      Arcturus lineatus
                      Arcturus myops
                      Arcturus stebbingi
                      Arcturus lytocarpicola
                  Astacilla
                  Spectarcturus
                  Agularcturus
                  Amesopous
                  Arctopsis
                  Arcturina
                  Arcturinoides
                  Edwinjoycea
                  Idarcturus
                  Neastacilla
                  Parapleuroprion
                  Parastacilla
                  Arcturidae incertae sedis
                  Microarcturus
                  Leachia
                  Leacia
                Chaetiliidae
                Holognathidae
                Idoteidae
                Austrarcturellidae
                Antarcturidae
                Holidoteidae
                Pseudidotheidae
                Rectarcturidae
                Astacillidae
                Idotheidae
                Arcturididae
                Xenarcturidae
                Amesopodidae
              Oniscidea
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera