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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
              Antennariidae
              Caulophrynidae
              Centrophrynidae
              Ceratiidae
              Chaunacidae
              Diceratiidae
              Gigantactinidae
                Gigantactis
                    Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
                    Gigantactis longicirra
                    Gigantactis macronema
                    Gigantactis perlatus
                    Gigantactis kreffti
                    Gigantactis ios
                    Gigantactis balushkini
                    Gigantactis elsmani
                    Gigantactis gargantua
                    Gigantactis gibbsi
                    Gigantactis golovani
                    Gigantactis gracilicauda
                    Gigantactis herwigi
                    Gigantactis longicauda
                    Gigantactis meadi
                    Gigantactis microdontis
                    Gigantactis microphthalmus
                    Gigantactis paxtoni
                    Gigantactis savagei
                    Gigantactis watermani
                Rhynchactis
                Teleotrema
              Himantolophidae
              Linophrynidae
              Lophiidae
              Melanocetidae
              Ogcocephalidae
              Oneirodidae
              Thaumatichthyidae
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera