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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
              Bothidae
                  Arnoglossus
                  Bothus
                  Grammatobothus
                  Japonolaeops
                  Kamoharaia
                  Lophonectes
                  Parabothus
                    Parabothus amaokai
                    Parabothus budkeri
                    Parabothus chlorospilus
                    Parabothus coarctatus
                    Parabothus filipes
                    Parabothus kiensis
                    Parabothus malhensis
                    Parabothus polylepis
                    Parabothus taiwanensis
                  Perissias
                  Tosarhombus
                  Anticitharus
                  Caulopsetta
                  Charybdia
                  Crossolepis
                  Kyleia
                  Lambdopsetta
                  Pelecanichthys
                  Peloria
                  Rhomboidichthys
                  Romboidichthys
                  Scaeops
                  Scianectes
                  Trachypterophrys
                  Engyroprosopon
                  Leops
                  Botus
              Citharidae
              Cynoglossidae
              Pleuronectidae
              Scophthalmidae
              Soleidae
              Paralichthyidae
            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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Bacteria
Chromista
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