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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
              Myctophidae
                Benthosema
                Bolinichthys
                Centrobranchus
                    Centrobranchus nigroocellatus
                    Centrobranchus andreae
                    Centrobranchus brevirostris
                    Centrobranchus choerocephalus
                Ceratoscopelus
                Diaphus
                Diogenichthys
                Electrona
                Gonichthys
                Hygophum
                Lampadena
                Lampanyctus
                Lepidophanes
                Lobiancha
                Loweina
                Myctophum
                Notolychnus
                Notoscopelus
                Protomyctophum
                Symbolophorus
                Taaningichthys
                Lampanyctinae
                Parvilux
                Tarletonbeania
                Aethoprora
                Alysia
                Collettia
                Ctenoscopelus
                Dasyscopelus
                Diogenys
                Dorsadena
                Hierops
                Macrostoma
                Nanobrachium
                Nasolychnus
                Notoscopellus
                Nyctophus
                Paralampanyctus
                Rhinoscopelus
                Serpa
                Serpe
                Vestula
                Myctophinae
                Diogenichthye
                Lampanctus
                Lampanictus
                Lebianchia
                Myctoophum
                Bentosema
                Triphotorus
              Neoscopelidae
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera