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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
              Oniscidea
                Scyphacidae
                Halophilosciidae
                Ligiidae
                Oniscidae
                Tylidae
                Armadillidiidae
                Ligiamorpha
                Trichoniscidae
                  Androniscus
                  Acteoniscus
                  Aegonethes
                  Alistratia
                  Alpioniscus
                  Amerigoniscus
                  Anatoliscus
                  Balearonethes
                  Balkanoniscus
                  Banatoniscus
                  Bergamoniscus
                  Beroniscus
                  Biharoniscus
                  Brackenridgia
                  Bulgaronethes
                  Bulgaroniscus
                  Bureschia
                  Calconiscellus
                  Cantabroniscus
                  Carloniscus
                  Castellanethes
                  Catalauniscus
                  Caucasocyphoniscus
                  Caucasonethes
                  Colchidoniscus
                  Cretoniscellus
                  Cylindroniscus
                  Cyphobrembana
                  Cypholambrana
                  Cyphonethes
                  Cyphoniscellus
                  Cyphopleon
                  Cyphotendana
                  Cyrnoniscus
                  Escualdoniscus
                  Finaloniscus
                  Graeconiscus
                  Haplophthalmus
                  Helenoniscus
                  Hondoniscus
                  Hyloniscus
                  Iberoniscus
                  Italoniscus
                  Katascaphius
                  Lapilloniscus
                  Leucocyphoniscus
                  Libanonethes
                  Macedonethes
                  Metatrichoniscoides
                  Mexiconiscus
                  Microtitanethes
                  Miktoniscus
                  Mingrelloniscus
                  Minoscellus
                  Monocyphoniscus
                  Moserius
                  Murgeoniscus
                  Neotrichoniscus
                  Nesiotoniscus
                  Nippononethes
                  Oregoniscus
                  Oritoniscus
                  Paracyphoniscus
                  Phymatoniscus
                  Pleurocyphoniscus
                  Protonethes
                  Psachonethes
                  Rhodopioniscus
                  Scotoniscus
                  Siciloniscus
                  Spelaeonethes
                  Strouhaloniscellus
                  Stylohylea
                  Tachysoniscus
                  Tauronethes
                  Thaumatoniscellus
                  Titanethes
                  Trichonethes
                  Trichoniscoides
                  Trichoniscus
                  Tricyphoniscus
                  Troglocyphoniscus
                  Troglonethes
                  Turkonethes
                  Typhlotricholigioides
                  Utopioniscus
                      Utopioniscus kuehni
                  Vandeloniscellus
                  Vardaroniscus
                Philosciidae
                Scleropactidae
                Actaeciidae
                Agnaridae
                Alloniscidae
                Armadillidae
                Balloniscidae
                Bathytropidae
                Berytoniscidae
                Buddelundiellidae
                Cylisticidae
                Delatorreidae
                Detonidae
                Dubioniscidae
                Eubelidae
                Hekelidae
                Irmaosidae
                Meoniscidae
                Olibrinidae
                Platyarthridae
                Porcellionidae
                Pudeoniscidae
                Rhyscotidae
                Schoebliidae
                Scleropactidae
                Spelaeoniscidae
                Stenoniscidae
                Styloniscidae
                Tendosphaeridae
                Titaniidae
                Trachelipodidae
                Turanoniscidae
            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