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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
          Capitata
            Candelabridae
            Corymorphidae
            Corynidae
              Actigia
              Coryne
              Dipurena
              Sarsia
                  Sarsia barentsi
                  Sarsia eximia
                  Sarsia gemmifera
                  Sarsia lovenii
                  Sarsia occulta
                  Sarsia pattersoni
                  Sarsia piriforma
                  Sarsia princeps
                  Sarsia producta
                  Sarsia prolifera
                  Sarsia striata
                  Sarsia tubulosa
                  Sarsia brachygaster
                  Sarsia mirabilis
                  Sarsia angulata
                  Sarsia apicula
                  Sarsia bella
                  Sarsia cliffordi
                  Sarsia coccometra
                  Sarsia codonoforum
                  Sarsia conica
                  Sarsia densa
                  Sarsia frutescens
                  Sarsia gracilis
                  Sarsia hargitti
                  Sarsia marii
                  Sarsia minima
                  Sarsia nipponica
                  Sarsia occidentalis
                  Sarsia polyocellata
                  Sarsia pulchella
                  Sarsia radiata
                  Sarsia turricula
                  Sarsia viridis
                  Sarsia ocellata
                  Sarsia siphonophora
                  Sarsia brevia
                  Sarsia resplendens
                  Sarsia clavata
                  Sarsia inabai
                  Sarsia reticulata
                  Sarsia sarsii
                  Sarsia erythrops
                  Sarsia medelae
                  Sarsia nodosa
                  Sarsia pulchella
                  Sarsia japonica
                  Sarsia japonica
              Sarsiella
              Syncoryne
              Stauridiosarsia
              Bicorona
              Cladosarsia
              Dicyclocoryne
              Nannocoryne
              Polyorchis
              Scrippsia
              Spirocodon
              Stechowia
              Dipurenella
              Halybotrys
              Syncoryna
              Hermia
              Syndiction
              Sthenyo
              Slabberia
              Systrepha
              Codonium
            Tubulariidae
            Myriothelidae
            Cladonematidae
            Margelopsidae
            Porpitidae
            Zancleida
            Tubulariida
            Capitata incertae sedis
            Acaulidae
            Boreohydridae
            Cladocorynidae
            Eleutheriidae
            Euphysidae
            Zancleidae
            Halocorynidae
            Moerisiida
            Moerisiidae
            Paracorynidae
            Pennariidae
            Protohydridae
            Rosalindidae
            Sphaerocorynida
            Sphaerocorynidae
            Velellidae
            Chondrophora
            Halocordylidae
            Milleporidae
            Tricyclusidae
            Asyncorynidae
            Teissieridae
            Solanderiidae
            Boeromedusidae
            Polyorchidae
            Hydrocorynidae
            Zancleopsidae
            Halimedusidae
            Pseudosolanderiidae
            Symplectaneidae
            Ceratelladae
            Tubulariae
            Hybocodonidae
          Filifera
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera