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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
                  Acantholabrus
                  Bodianus
                  Centrolabrus
                  Coris
                  Ctenolabrus
                  Labrus
                  Lappanella
                  Symphodus
                  Thalassoma
                  Xyrichtys
                  Achoerodus
                  Austrolabrus
                  Clepticus
                  Conniella
                  Doratonotus
                  Dotalabrus
                  Eupetrichthys
                  Frontilabrus
                  Leptojulis
                  Malapterus
                  Minilabrus
                  Nelabrichthys
                  Notolabrus
                  Ophthalmolepis
                  Pictilabrus
                  Polylepion
                  Pseudolabrus
                  Semicossyphus
                  Terelabrus
                  Xenojulis
                  Xiphocheilus
                  Antonichthys
                  Chaerojulis
                  Coricus
                  Guentheria
                  Heterochoerops
                  Marzapanus
                  Pimelometopon
                  Platychoerops
                  Suezia
                  Thysanocheilus
                  Xiphocheilos
                  Doradonotus
                  Gomphorus
                  Gomphrosus
                  Guntheria
                  Labrichtys
                  Marzapannus
                  Australabrus
                  Coniella
              Leiognathidae
              Lobotidae
              Luvaridae
              Moronidae
              Mullidae
              Nomeidae
              Percichthyidae
              Pholidae
              Polynemidae
              Polyprionidae
              Pomacentridae
              Pomatomidae
              Priacanthidae
              Rachycentridae
              Scaridae
              Sciaenidae
              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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