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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
      Hexacorallia
        Actiniaria
        Ceriantharia
        Corallimorpharia
        Scleractinia
          Caryophylliidae
          Dendrophylliidae
          Flabellidae
            Flabellum
            Javania
            Monomyces
            Placotrochides
            Truncatoflabellum
                Truncatoflabellum stabile
                Truncatoflabellum aculeatum
                Truncatoflabellum angiostomum
                Truncatoflabellum angustum
                Truncatoflabellum arcuatum
                Truncatoflabellum australiensis
                Truncatoflabellum candeanum
                Truncatoflabellum carinatum
                Truncatoflabellum crassum
                Truncatoflabellum cumingii
                Truncatoflabellum dens
                Truncatoflabellum formosum
                Truncatoflabellum gardineri
                Truncatoflabellum inconstans
                Truncatoflabellum incrustatum
                Truncatoflabellum irregulare
                Truncatoflabellum macroeschara
                Truncatoflabellum martensii
                Truncatoflabellum mortenseni
                Truncatoflabellum multispinosum
                Truncatoflabellum paripavoninum
                Truncatoflabellum phoenix
                Truncatoflabellum pusillum
                Truncatoflabellum spheniscus
                Truncatoflabellum stokesii
                Truncatoflabellum trapezoideum
                Truncatoflabellum truncum
                Truncatoflabellum vanuatu
                Truncatoflabellum veroni
                Truncatoflabellum vigintifarium
                Truncatoflabellum zuluense
            Rhizotrochus
            Placotrochus
            Blastotrochus
            Falcatoflabellum
            Polymyces
            Tortoflabellum
            Ulocyathus
          Fungiacyathidae
          Guyniidae
          Oculinidae
          Pocilloporidae
          Rhizangiidae
          Turbinoliidae
          Micrabaciidae
          Anthemiphylliidae
          Gardineriidae
          Schizocyathidae
          Stenocyathidae
        Zoanthidea
        Antipatharia
        Ceriantipatharia
        Ptychodactiaria
      Octocorallia
      Zoantharia
    Hydrozoa
    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