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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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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
              Halopteris
                  Halopteris alternata
                  Halopteris catharina
                  Halopteris diaphana
                  Halopteris glutinosa
                  Halopteris liechtensternii
                  Halopteris campanula
                  Halopteris carinata
                  Halopteris concava
                  Halopteris crassa
                  Halopteris diaphragmatica
                  Halopteris enersis
                  Halopteris everta
                  Halopteris gemellipara
                  Halopteris geminata
                  Halopteris gracilis
                  Halopteris infundibulum
                  Halopteris jedani
                  Halopteris minuta
                  Halopteris opposita
                  Halopteris peculiaris
                  Halopteris plagiocampa
                  Halopteris platygonotheca
                  Halopteris polymorpha
                  Halopteris prominens
                  Halopteris pseudoconstricta
                  Halopteris regressa
                  Halopteris rostrata
                  Halopteris simplex
                  Halopteris tenella
                  Halopteris tuba
                  Halopteris valdiviae
                  Halopteris violae
                  Halopteris zygocladia
                  Halopteris heterogona
                  Halopteris buskii
                  Halopteris clarkei
                  Halopteris constricta
                  Halopteris billardi
                  Halopteris schucherti
                  Halopteris vervoortii
                  Halopteris plumosa
              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
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