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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
              Melanonidae
              Merlucciidae
              Moridae
                Antimora
                Erethmophorus
                Gadella
                Halargyreus
                Laemonema
                Lepidion
                Mora
                Physiculus
                Rhynchogadus
                Svetovidovia
                Auchenoceros
                Eeyorius
                Lotella
                    Lotella fernandeziana
                    Lotella fuliginosa
                    Lotella phycis
                    Lotella rhacina
                    Lotella schuettei
                    Lotella tosaensis
                Pseudophycis
                Salilota
                Austrophycis
                Brosmiculus
                Calloptilum
                Gargilius
                Haloporphyrus
                Hypsirhynchus
                Laemonemodes
                Leptophycis
                Microlepidium
                Momonatira
                Paralaemonema
                Podonema
                Podonematichthys
                Strinsia
                Uraleptus
                Microlepedium
                Bromisculus
                Trypterophycis
              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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Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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