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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
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
              Acanthuridae
              Ammodytidae
              Anarhichadidae
              Apogonidae
              Blenniidae
              Bramidae
              Callanthiidae
              Callionymidae
              Carangidae
              Caristiidae
              Centracanthidae
              Centrolophidae
              Cepolidae
              Chaetodontidae
              Chiasmodontidae
              Clinidae
              Coryphaenidae
              Draconettidae
              Echeneidae
              Emmelichthyidae
              Epigonidae
              Gempylidae
              Gobiidae
              Haemulidae
              Istiophoridae
              Kyphosidae
              Labridae
              Leiognathidae
              Lobotidae
              Luvaridae
              Moronidae
              Mullidae
              Nomeidae
              Percichthyidae
              Pholidae
              Polynemidae
              Polyprionidae
              Pomacentridae
              Pomatomidae
              Priacanthidae
              Rachycentridae
              Scaridae
              Sciaenidae
                  Argyrosomus
                  Pseudotolithus
                  Sciaena
                  Umbrina
                  Aplodinotus
                  Aspericorvina
                  Austronibea
                  Bahaba
                  Boesemania
                  Cheilotrema
                  Chrysochir
                  Cilus
                  Collichthys
                  Corvula
                  Ctenosciaena
                  Daysciaena
                  Dendrophysa
                  Elattarchus
                  Genyonemus
                  Isopisthus
                  Kathala
                  Larimichthys
                  Lonchurus
                  Macrodon
                  Macrospinosa
                  Megalonibea
                  Miichthys
                  Miracorvina
                  Nebris
                  Nibea
                  Odontoscion
                  Ophioscion
                  Otolithoides
                  Pachypops
                  Pachyurus
                  Panna
                  Paralonchurus
                  Paranebris
                  Paranibea
                  Pareques
                  Pennahia
                  Pentheroscion
                  Petilipinnis
                  Plagioscion
                  Protonibea
                  Protosciaena
                  Pteroscion
                  Pterotolithus
                  Roncador
                  Seriphus
                  Sonorolux
                  Totoaba
                  Afroscion
                  Amblyscion
                  Ancylodon
                  Archoscion
                  Asperina
                  Blythia
                  Blythsciaena
                  Bola
                  Cestreus
                  Cestrus
                  Eques
                  Genyanemus
                  Homoprion
                  Johnieops
                  Lepipterus
                  Micropogon
                  Monosira
                  Othonias
                  Otolithus
                  Pama
                  Pogonathus
                  Polycirrhus
                  Polyclemus
                  Pseudomycterus
                  Pseudosciaena
                  Rhinoscion
                  Sagenichthys
                  Sciaenoides
                  Stelliferus
                  Vacuoqua
                  Wak
                  Dayscieaena
                  Dendrophyssa
                  Isophisthus
                  Johniops
                  Lonchiurus
                  Menthicirrhus
                  Argiosomus
                  Argyrosoma
                  Attilus
                  Bairdela
                  Bardiella
                  Cynoscium
                  Pentherocion
                  Pseudusciaena
                  Waku
              Scombridae
              Scombrolabracidae
              Serranidae
              Siganidae
              Sillaginidae
              Sparidae
              Sphyraenidae
              Stichaeidae
              Stromateidae
              Terapontidae
              Tetragonuridae
              Trachinidae
              Trichiuridae
              Tripterygiidae
              Uranoscopidae
              Xiphiidae
              Zoarcidae
              Caproidae
              Ephippidae
              Ariommatidae
              Centropomidae
              Pseudochromidae
              Malacanthidae
              Lutjanidae
              Gerreidae
              Coracinidae
              Monodactylidae
              Elassomatidae
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
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