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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
          Calycophorae
            Abylidae
            Clausophyidae
            Diphyidae
              Eudoxia
              Diphyinae
                Chelophyes
                Dimophyes
                Diphyes
                Eudoxoides
                Lensia
                    Lensia achilles
                    Lensia conoidea
                    Lensia cossack
                    Lensia exeter
                    Lensia fowleri
                    Lensia grimaldi
                    Lensia havock
                    Lensia hostile
                    Lensia hotspur
                    Lensia lelouveteau
                    Lensia meteori
                    Lensia multicristata
                    Lensia patritii
                    Lensia reticulata
                    Lensia subtilis
                    Lensia subtiloides
                    Lensia truncata
                    Lensia campanella
                    Lensia asymmetrica
                    Lensia ajax
                    Lensia baryi
                    Lensia beklemishevi
                    Lensia canopusi
                    Lensia challengeri
                    Lensia cordata
                    Lensia eltanin
                    Lensia eugenioi
                    Lensia gnanamuthui
                    Lensia hunter
                    Lensia japonica
                    Lensia landrumae
                    Lensia lebedevi
                    Lensia leloupi
                    Lensia minuta
                    Lensia multicristoides
                    Lensia multilobata
                    Lensia nagabhushanami
                    Lensia pannikari
                    Lensia tiwari
                    Lensia tottoni
                    Lensia roonwali
                    Lensia zenkevitchi
                    Lensia tiwarii
                    Lensia perersi
                    Lensia hardy
                    Lensia peresi
                    Lensia quadriculata
                Muggiaea
              Sulculeolariinae
              Giliinae
            Hippopodiidae
            Prayidae
            Sphaeronectidae
          Cystonectae
          Physonectae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
        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
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Bacteria
Chromista
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Viruses
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