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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
              Centriscidae
              Syngnathidae
                Syngnathinae
                    Entelurus
                    Minyichthys
                    Nerophis
                    Syngnathus
                    Anarchopterus
                    Apterygocampus
                    Bhanotia
                    Doryichthys
                    Enneacampus
                    Filicampus
                    Haliichthys
                    Heraldia
                    Histiogamphelus
                    Hypselognathus
                    Ichthyocampus
                    Idiotropiscis
                    Kaupus
                    Kimblaeus
                    Leptoichthys
                    Leptonotus
                    Lissocampus
                    Maroubra
                    Mitotichthys
                      Mitotichthys meraculus
                      Mitotichthys mollisoni
                      Mitotichthys semistriatus
                      Mitotichthys tuckeri
                    Notiocampus
                    Phycodurus
                    Phyllopteryx
                    Pseudophallus
                    Pugnaso
                    Stigmatopora
                    Stipecampus
                    Urocampus
                    Vanacampus
                    Acanthognathus
                    Acmonotus
                    Amphelikturus
                    Atelurus
                    Bombonia
                    Coelonotus
                    Corythroichthys
                    Dentirostrum
                    Dooryichthys
                    Dorichthys
                    Enchelyocampus
                    Gasterotokeus
                    Hemithylacus
                    Mannarichthys
                    Oostethus
                    Oxleyana
                    Parabelonichthys
                    Paramicrophis
                    Parasyngnathus
                    Phanerotokeus
                    Pristidoryrhamphus
                    Schyphius
                    Scyphicus
                    Scyphius
                    Siphostoma
                    Solenognathus
                    Stigmatophora
                    Sygnathoides
                    Sygnathus
                    Synghnathus
                    Syngnatus
                    Siphonostoma
                    Tiphle
                    Doryhamphus
                    Doryramphus
                    Dunckerocamphus
                    Gastrotokeus
                    Hippicthys
                    Kyonemichthys
                    Corithoichthys
                    Corythoichutys
                    Penetopterix
                    Phycodorus
                    Solengnathus
                    Syphonostoma
                    Trachyramphus
                    Ypzia
                Hippocampinae
              Fistulariidae
              Solenostomidae
            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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