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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
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
            Aglaopheniidae
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
              Antennella
                  Antennella paucinoda
                  Antennella secundaria
                  Antennella siliquosa
                  Antennella allmani
                  Antennella avalonia
                  Antennella biarmata
                  Antennella campanuliformis
                  Antennella compacta
                  Antennella confusa
                  Antennella curvitheca
                  Antennella kiwiana
                  Antennella microscopica
                  Antennella quadriaurita
                    Antennella quadriaurita f. africana
                  Antennella recta
                  Antennella sibogae
                  Antennella tubulosa
                  Antennella varians
                  Antennella africana
                  Antennella ritchiei
                  Antennella serrata
                  Antennella variabilis
                  Antennella integerrima
                  Antennella gracilis
                  Antennella sinuosa
                  Antennella megatheca
                  Antennella armata
                  Antennella incerta
                  Antennella singulata
              Halopteris
              Monostaechas
              Schizotricha
              Anarthroclada
              Antennellopsis
              Astrolabia
              Calvinia
              Corhiza
              Gattya
              Nuditheca
              Pentatheca
              Diplopteroides
              Heteroplon
              Paragattya
              Tetranema
              Cladoplumaria
            Kirchenpaueriidae
            Malagazziidae
            Melicertidae
            Orchistomidae
            Tiaropsidae
            Syntheciidae
            Hebellidae
            Teclaiidae
            Cirrholoveniidae
            Clathrozoidae
            Lineolariidae
            Octocannoididae
            Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera