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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
              Belonidae
              Exocoetidae
              Hemiramphidae
                Hemiramphus
                Hyporhamphus
                  Hyporhamphus picarti
                  Hyporhamphus meeki
                  Hyporhamphus unifasciatus
                  Hyporhamphus balinensis
                  Hyporhamphus affinis
                  Hyporhamphus improvisus
                  Hyporhamphus capensis
                  Hyporhamphus acutus
                      Hyporhamphus acutus acutus
                      Hyporhamphus acutus pacificus
                  Hyporhamphus gamberur
                  Hyporhamphus dussumieri
                  Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus
                  Hyporhamphus australis
                  Hyporhamphus gernaerti
                  Hyporhamphus gilli
                  Hyporhamphus ihi
                  Hyporhamphus intermedius
                  Hyporhamphus kronei
                  Hyporhamphus limbatus
                  Hyporhamphus melanochir
                  Hyporhamphus melanopterus
                  Hyporhamphus naos
                  Hyporhamphus neglectissimus
                  Hyporhamphus neglectus
                  Hyporhamphus paucirastris
                  Hyporhamphus quoyi
                  Hyporhamphus rosae
                  Hyporhamphus sajori
                  Hyporhamphus sindensis
                  Hyporhamphus snyderi
                  Hyporhamphus unicuspis
                  Hyporhamphus xanthopterus
                  Hyporhamphus yuri
                  Hyporhamphus roberti
                  Hyporhamphus collettei
              Scomberesocidae
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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