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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
              Alepisauridae
              Anotopteridae
              Aulopidae
              Chlorophthalmidae
              Evermannellidae
              Ipnopidae
              Notosudidae
              Omosudidae
              Paralepididae
              Scopelarchidae
              Synodontidae
                Bathysaurus
                Saurida
                Synodus
                    Synodus saurus
                    Synodus synodus
                    Synodus foetens
                    Synodus intermedius
                    Synodus poeyi
                    Synodus macrops
                    Synodus dermatogenys
                    Synodus hoshinonis
                    Synodus indicus
                    Synodus variegatus
                    Synodus englemani
                    Synodus doaki
                    Synodus jaculum
                    Synodus binotatus
                    Synodus amaranthus
                    Synodus capricornis
                    Synodus evermanni
                    Synodus falcatus
                    Synodus fuscus
                    Synodus gibbsi
                    Synodus janus
                    Synodus kaianus
                    Synodus lacertinus
                    Synodus lobeli
                    Synodus lucioceps
                    Synodus macrocephalus
                    Synodus marchenae
                    Synodus oculeus
                    Synodus randalli
                    Synodus rubromarmoratus
                    Synodus sageneus
                    Synodus scituliceps
                    Synodus sechurae
                    Synodus similis
                    Synodus taiwanensis
                    Synodus tectus
                    Synodus ulae
                    Synodus usitatus
                    Synodus argenteus
                    Synodus mascarensis
                    Synodus orientalis
                    Synodus mundyi
                    Synodus pylei
                    Synodus sanguineus
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera