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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
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
              Balistidae
              Diodontidae
              Molidae
              Monacanthidae
              Ostraciidae
              Tetraodontidae
                  Canthigaster
                  Ephippion
                  Lagocephalus
                  Sphoeroides
                  Auriglobus
                  Carinotetraodon
                  Chonerhinos
                  Colomesus
                  Contusus
                  Feroxodon
                    Feroxodon multistriatus
                  Fugu
                  Guentheridia
                  Javichthys
                  Liosaccus
                  Marilyna
                  Monotretus
                  Omegophora
                  Polyspina
                  Reicheltia
                  Tetractenos
                  Xenopterus
                  Anchisomus
                  Aphanacanthus
                  Boesemanichthys
                  Canthogaster
                  Cheilichthys
                  Chelonodontops
                  Crayracion
                  Dilobomycter
                  Dichotomycter
                  Dilobmycterus
                  Dilobomycterus
                  Eumycterias
                  Hemiconiatus
                  Kanduka
                  Leisomus
                  Monotreta
                  Ovoides
                  Pleuranacanthus
                  Psilonotus
                  Sphaeroides
                  Spheroides
                  Tetrodon
                  Thecapteryx
                  Tropidichthys
                  Uranostoma
                  Dibolomycter
                  Dibolomyctère
                  Gastrophysis
                  Amblyrhinchotes
                  Amblyrhinchotus
                  Aphanacanthe
                  Cathigaster
                  Cathingaster
                  Chelondon
                  Pleudranacanthus
                  Sphoerodon
                  Takyfugu
                  Torguigener
            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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Fungi
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