Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions

Search


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).

Search for a Species
Browse For a Marine Species
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
              Abietinaria
              Amphisbetia
              Cnidoscyphus
              Diphasia
                  Diphasia alata
                  Diphasia attenuata
                  Diphasia delagei
                  Diphasia fallax
                  Diphasia margareta
                  Diphasia nigra
                  Diphasia pinastrum
                  Diphasia rosacea
                  Diphasia pinaster
                  Diphasia kincaidi
                  Diphasia pulchra
                  Diphasia digitalis
                  Diphasia mutulata
                  Diphasia bipinnata
                  Diphasia cauloatheca
                  Diphasia corniculata
                  Diphasia cristata
                  Diphasia densa
                  Diphasia dubia
                  Diphasia heurteli
                  Diphasia inornata
                  Diphasia minuta
                  Diphasia nuttingi
                  Diphasia orientalis
                  Diphasia paarmani
                  Diphasia palmata
                  Diphasia robusta
                  Diphasia scalariformis
                  Diphasia subcarinata
                  Diphasia tetraglochina
                  Diphasia thornelyi
                  Diphasia tropica
                  Diphasia varians
                  Diphasia derbeki
                  Diphasia wandeli
                  Diphasia spasskii
                  Diphasia alternitheca
              Dynamena
              Hydrallmania
              Salacia
              Selaginopsis
              Sertularella
              Sertularia
              Symplectoscyphus
              Tamarisca
              Thuiaria
              Dymella
              Biseriaria
              Tridentata
              Pericladium
              Staurotheca
              Thyroscyphus
              Calamphora
              Caminothujaria
              Crateritheca
              Dictyocladium
              Fraseroscyphus
              Gigantotheca
              Gonaxia
              Hypopyxis
              Papilionella
              Stereotheca
              Tasmanaria
              Geminella
              Diphasis
              Monopoma
              Diphasiella
              Idiella
              Idia
              Pasya
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
            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