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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
                      Minyichthys sentus
                      Minyichthys myersi
                      Minyichthys brachyrhinus
                      Minyichthys inusitatus
                  Nerophis
                  Syngnathus
                  Anarchopterus
                  Apterygocampus
                  Bhanotia
                  Doryichthys
                  Enneacampus
                  Filicampus
                  Haliichthys
                  Heraldia
                  Histiogamphelus
                  Hypselognathus
                  Ichthyocampus
                  Idiotropiscis
                  Kaupus
                  Kimblaeus
                  Leptoichthys
                  Leptonotus
                  Lissocampus
                  Maroubra
                  Mitotichthys
                  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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