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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
              Bregmacerotidae
              Gadidae
              Lotidae
              Macrouridae
                Bathygadus
                Caelorinchus
                Cetonurus
                Coryphaenoides
                Echinomacrurus
                Gadomus
                Hymenocephalus
                Macrourus
                Malacocephalus
                Nezumia
                    Nezumia aequalis
                    Nezumia longebarbata
                    Nezumia sclerorhynchus
                    Nezumia cyrano
                    Nezumia suilla
                    Nezumia bairdii
                    Nezumia spinosa
                    Nezumia micronychodon
                    Nezumia propinqua
                    Nezumia brevibarbata
                    Nezumia umbracincta
                    Nezumia polylepis
                    Nezumia semiquincunciata
                    Nezumia africana
                    Nezumia aspidentata
                    Nezumia atlantica
                    Nezumia brevirostris
                    Nezumia burragei
                    Nezumia cliveri
                    Nezumia coheni
                    Nezumia condylura
                    Nezumia convergens
                    Nezumia duodecim
                    Nezumia ectenes
                    Nezumia evides
                    Nezumia holocentra
                    Nezumia infranudis
                    Nezumia investigatoris
                    Nezumia kamoharai
                    Nezumia kapala
                    Nezumia kensmithi
                    Nezumia latirostrata
                    Nezumia leucoura
                    Nezumia liolepis
                    Nezumia loricata
                    Nezumia merretti
                    Nezumia milleri
                    Nezumia namatahi
                    Nezumia obliquata
                    Nezumia orbitalis
                    Nezumia parini
                    Nezumia proxima
                    Nezumia pudens
                    Nezumia pulchella
                    Nezumia soela
                    Nezumia stelgidolepis
                    Nezumia tinro
                    Nezumia toi
                    Nezumia tomiyamai
                    Nezumia ventralis
                    Nezumia wularnia
                Odontomacrurus
                Pseudonezumia
                Sphagemacrurus
                Trachonurus
                Trachyrincus
              Melanonidae
              Merlucciidae
              Moridae
              Phycidae
            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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