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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
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
              Clupeidae
                  Alosa
                  Clupea
                  Clupeonella
                  Dussumieria
                  Herklotsichthys
                  Sardina
                  Sardinella
                  Spratelloides
                  Sprattus
                  Anodontostoma
                    Anodontostoma chacunda
                    Anodontostoma selangkat
                    Anodontostoma thailandiae
                  Caspialosa
                  Chirocentrodon
                  Clupanodon
                  Clupeichthys
                  Clupeoides
                  Congothrissa
                  Corica
                  Dayella
                  Ehirava
                  Escualosa
                  Ethmalosa
                  Ethmidium
                  Gonialosa
                  Gudusia
                  Hyperlophus
                  Jenkinsia
                  Konosirus
                  Laeviscutella
                  Lile
                  Limnothrissa
                  Microthrissa
                  Nannothrissa
                  Neoopisthopterus
                  Odaxothrissa
                  Odontognathus
                  Opisthopterus
                  Pellonula
                  Platanichthys
                  Pliosteostoma
                  Poecilothrissa
                  Potamalosa
                  Potamothrissa
                  Raconda
                  Ramnogaster
                  Rhinosardinia
                  Sierrathrissa
                  Stolothrissa
                  Strangomera
                  Thrattidion
                  Alausa
                  Apterygia
                  Arengus
                  Caspiolosa
                  Chatoessus
                  Chatoesus
                  Clupalosa
                  Clupeonia
                  Cynothrissa
                  Fimbriclupea
                  Fluvialosa
                  Harengus
                  Heringia
                  Hyrtlinus
                  Kowala
                  Meletta
                  Nealosa
                  Ophisthopterus
                  Perkinsia
                  Pomolobus
                  Pristogaster
                  Rogenia
                  Sardinia
                  Signalosa
                  Spratella
                  Dussumiera
                  Esculaosa
                  Etremeus
                  Herclotsichthys
                  Herkloteichthys
                  Herkotslichthys
                  Jenjinsia
                  Nematalosus
                  Ambligaster
                  Amblyogaster
                  Anodontasoma
                  Clupoides
                  Corcia
                  Nematolosa
                  Ophisthonema
                  Ophistonema
                  Pelonula
                  Sardinelis
                  Sardinelola
                  Sardinopus
                  Spratus
              Engraulidae
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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