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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
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
              Calanoida
                Acartiidae
                Aetideidae
                    Aetideopsis
                    Aetideus
                    Batheuchaeta
                    Bradyetes
                    Bradyidius
                    Chiridiella
                    Chiridius
                    Chirundina
                    Comantenna
                    Euchirella
                    Gaetanus
                    Gaidius
                    Jaschnovia
                    Paracomantenna
                    Pseudeuchaeta
                    Pseudochirella
                    Pseudotharybis
                    Undeuchaeta
                    Valdiviella
                    Euaetideus
                    Bryaxis
                    Pseudaetideus
                    Chirundinella
                    Parabradyidius
                    Azygokeras
                    Crassantenna
                    Gaidiopsis
                    Lutamator
                    Mesocomantenna
                    Autanepsius
                    Bradyanus
                    Bryaxona
                    Derjuginia
                      Derjuginia tolli
                      Derjuginia brevis
                    Faroella
                    Mesogaidius
                    Mesundeuchaeta
                    Paivella
                    Paraetideus
                    Plagiopus
                    Pseudogaetanus
                    Pseudoothrix
                    Pterochirella
                    Senecella
                    Snelliaetideus
                    Sursamucro
                    Undinopsis
                    Wilsonidius
                    Prolutamator
                Arietellidae
                Augaptilidae
                Bathypontiidae
                Calanidae
                Candaciidae
                Centropagidae
                Clausocalanidae
                Diaixidae
                Discoidae
                Eucalanidae
                Euchaetidae
                Heterorhabdidae
                Lucicutiidae
                Mecynoceridae
                Megacalanidae
                Mesaiokeratidae
                Metridinidae
                Paracalanidae
                Parapontellidae
                Phaennidae
                Phyllopodidae
                Pontellidae
                Pseudocyclopidae
                Pseudocyclopiidae
                Pseudodiaptomidae
                Ridgewayiidae
                Ryocalanidae
                Scolecitrichidae
                Spinocalanidae
                Stephidae
                Temoridae
                Tharybidae
                Pseudocalanidae
                Calocalanidae
                Nullosetigeridae
                Rhincalanidae
                Kyphocalanidae
                Rostrocalanidae
            Podoplea
          Thaumatopsylloida
        Branchiura
        Tantulocarida
        Thecostraca
        Pentastomida
      Malacostraca
      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
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