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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
                Chaetiliidae
                Holognathidae
                Idoteidae
                  Idotea
                  Paridotea
                  Synidotea
                  Synisoma
                  Zenobiana
                  Edotia
                  Erichsonella
                  Glyptidotea
                  Batedotea
                  Cleantiella
                  Colidotea
                  Crabyzos
                  Engidotea
                  Euidotea
                  Eusymmerus
                  Lyidotea
                  Moplisa
                  Parasymmerus
                  Pentias
                  Pentidotea
                  Platidotea
                  Synischia
                      Synischia hectica
                      Synischia levidensis
                  Idoteidae incertae sedis
                  Stenosoma
                  Chaetilinae
                  Glyptonotinae
                  Mesidoteinae
                  Macrochiridotheinae
                  Parachiridoteinae
                  Erichsonia
                  Idotaea
                  Idothea
                  Zenobia
                  Miratidotea
                  Desmarestia
                  Epelys
                  Edotea
                  Tropedotea
                  Ronalea
                  Gonotus
                  Barnardidotea
                  Leptosoma
                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
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