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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
  Gastrotricha
    Chaetonotoidea
    Macrodasyoidea
    Macrodasyida
      Chordodasyidae
      Dactylopodolidae
      Lepidodasyidae
      Macrodasyidae
        Macrodasys
            Macrodasys affinis
            Macrodasys balticus
            Macrodasys buddenbrocki
            Macrodasys caudatus
            Macrodasys cephalatus
            Macrodasys gerlachi
            Macrodasys neapolitanus
            Macrodasys remanei
            Macrodasys thuscus
            Macrodasys achradocytalis
            Macrodasys africanus
            Macrodasys ancocytalis
            Macrodasys andamanensis
            Macrodasys blysocytalis
            Macrodasys cunctatus
            Macrodasys deltocytalis
            Macrodasys dolichocytalis
            Macrodasys formeriae
            Macrodasys hexadactylus
            Macrodasys indicus
            Macrodasys meristocytalis
            Macrodasys pacificus
            Macrodasys stenocytalis
            Macrodasys waltairensis
            Macrodasys celticus
            Macrodasys fornerisae
            Macrodasys hexadactylis
            Macrodasys lakshadweepense
            Macrodasys nobskaensis
            Macrodasys plurosorus
        Urodasys
      Planodasyidae
      Thaumastodermatidae
      Turbanellidae
      Xenodasyidae
      Redudasyidae
      Cephalodasyidae
    Chaetonotida
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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