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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
              Anthuridea
              Asellota
              Epicaridea
              Flabellifera
              Gnathiidea
              Microcerberidea
              Valvifera
                Arcturidae
                  Arcturella
                  Arcturinella
                  Arcturopsis
                  Arcturus
                    Arcturus scabrosus
                    Arcturus serrulatus
                    Arcturus baffini
                    Arcturus hystrix
                    Arcturus acuticaudalis
                    Arcturus anophthalmus
                    Arcturus asper
                    Arcturus beringanus
                    Arcturus caribbaeus
                    Arcturus crassispinis
                    Arcturus crenulatus
                    Arcturus diversispinis
                    Arcturus glabrus
                    Arcturus granulatus
                    Arcturus hastatus
                    Arcturus hastiger
                    Arcturus longispinis
                    Arcturus macrurus
                    Arcturus magnispinis
                    Arcturus ochotensis
                    Arcturus parvus
                    Arcturus pawneeanus
                    Arcturus seminudus
                    Arcturus setosus
                    Arcturus spinata
                    Arcturus subtilis
                    Arcturus ulbani
                    Arcturus verrucosus
                    Arcturus acanthurus
                    Arcturus floridanus
                    Arcturus furcatus
                        Arcturus furcatus furcatus
                    Arcturus glacialis
                    Arcturus hirsutus
                    Arcturus multispinis
                    Arcturus polaris
                    Arcturus spinifrons
                    Arcturus tenuispinis
                    Arcturus danmoniensis
                    Arcturus purpureus
                    Arcturus corniger
                    Arcturus pusilla
                    Arcturus beddardi
                    Arcturus franklini
                    Arcturus studeri
                    Arcturus americanus
                    Arcturus coppingeri
                    Arcturus tritaeniatus
                    Arcturus tuberculatus
                    Arcturus spinosus
                    Arcturus tarasovi
                    Arcturus intermedius
                    Arcturus murdochi
                    Arcturus kophameli
                    Arcturus patagonicus
                    Arcturus oculatus
                    Arcturus deshayesii
                    Arcturus primus
                    Arcturus alcicornis
                    Arcturus brevicornis
                    Arcturus dentatus
                    Arcturus nodosus
                    Arcturus simplicissimus
                    Arcturus cornutus
                    Arcturus abyssicolus
                    Arcturus adareanus
                    Arcturus affinis
                    Arcturus anna
                    Arcturus cornutus
                    Arcturus linearis
                    Arcturus lineatus
                    Arcturus myops
                    Arcturus stebbingi
                    Arcturus lytocarpicola
                  Astacilla
                  Spectarcturus
                  Agularcturus
                  Amesopous
                  Arctopsis
                  Arcturina
                  Arcturinoides
                  Edwinjoycea
                  Idarcturus
                  Neastacilla
                  Parapleuroprion
                  Parastacilla
                  Arcturidae incertae sedis
                  Microarcturus
                  Leachia
                  Leacia
                Chaetiliidae
                Holognathidae
                Idoteidae
                Austrarcturellidae
                Antarcturidae
                Holidoteidae
                Pseudidotheidae
                Rectarcturidae
                Astacillidae
                Idotheidae
                Arcturididae
                Xenarcturidae
                Amesopodidae
              Oniscidea
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      Ostracoda
      Pentastomata
    Chelicerata
    Myriapoda
    Hexapoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  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