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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
  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
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
              Agonidae
              Cottidae
              Cyclopteridae
              Dactylopteridae
              Peristediidae
              Platycephalidae
              Psychrolutidae
              Scorpaenidae
              Sebastidae
              Setarchidae
              Triglidae
              Liparidae
                Careproctus
                Liparis
                  Liparis fabricii
                  Liparis liparis
                      Liparis liparis liparis
                  Liparis montagui
                  Liparis tunicatus
                  Liparis major
                  Liparis atlanticus
                  Liparis coheni
                  Liparis gibbus
                  Liparis inquilinus
                  Liparis fishelsoni
                  Liparis bristolensis
                  Liparis dennyi
                  Liparis koefodi
                  Liparis adiastolus
                  Liparis agassizii
                  Liparis alboventer
                  Liparis antarcticus
                  Liparis bikunin
                  Liparis brashnikovi
                  Liparis burkei
                  Liparis callyodon
                  Liparis catharus
                  Liparis chefuensis
                  Liparis curilensis
                  Liparis cyclopus
                  Liparis dubius
                  Liparis dulkeiti
                  Liparis eos
                  Liparis florae
                  Liparis frenatus
                  Liparis fucensis
                  Liparis grebnitzkii
                  Liparis greeni
                  Liparis kusnetzovi
                  Liparis kussakini
                  Liparis latifrons
                  Liparis marmoratus
                  Liparis mednius
                  Liparis megacephalus
                  Liparis micraspidophorus
                  Liparis miostomus
                  Liparis mucosus
                  Liparis newmani
                  Liparis ochotensis
                  Liparis owstoni
                  Liparis petschiliensis
                  Liparis pravdini
                  Liparis pulchellus
                  Liparis punctatus
                  Liparis punctulatus
                  Liparis rhodosoma
                  Liparis rotundirostris
                  Liparis rutteri
                  Liparis schantarensis
                  Liparis schmidti
                  Liparis tanakae
                  Liparis tartaricus
                  Liparis tessellatus
                  Liparis tunicatiformis
                  Liparis zonatus
                  Liparis maculatus
                Paraliparis
                Psednos
                Rhodichthys
                Acantholiparis
                Allocareproctus
                Crystallias
                Crystallichthys
                Eknomoliparis
                Elassodiscus
                Gyrinichthys
                Lipariscus
                Lopholiparis
                Menziesichthys
                Nectoliparis
                Odontoliparis
                Osteodiscus
                Palmoliparis
                Polypera
                Praematoliparis
                Prognatholiparis
                Pseudoliparis
                Pseudonotoliparis
                Rhinoliparis
                Squaloliparis
                Temnocora
                Amitra
                Bathyphasma
                Cyclogaster
                Enantioliparis
                Gymnolycodes
                Neoliparis
                Prognurus
                Trismegistus
                Loparis
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera