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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
        Mystacocarida
        Copepoda
          Progymnoplea
          Neocopepoda
            Gymnoplea
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
                Artotrogidae
                Asterocheridae
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                  Caligodes
                  Caligopsis
                  Caligus
                  Diphyllogaster
                  Lepeophtheirus
                  Pseudocaligus
                  Scienophilus
                  Alebion
                  Euryphorus
                  Abasia
                  Cresseyella
                  Alicaligus
                  Anchicaligus
                  Anuretes
                      Anuretes anomalus
                      Anuretes branchialis
                      Anuretes brevis
                      Anuretes chelatus
                      Anuretes fedderni
                      Anuretes furcatus
                      Anuretes hoi
                      Anuretes menehune
                      Anuretes parvulus
                      Anuretes perplexus
                      Anuretes plataxi
                      Anuretes plectorhynchi
                      Anuretes quadrilaterus
                      Anuretes renalis
                      Anuretes rotundus
                      Anuretes rotundigenitalis
                      Anuretes serratus
                      Anuretes shiinoi
                      Anuretes yamagutii
                      Anuretes anurus
                      Anuretes heckelii
                      Anuretes polyrhynchi
                      Anuretes grandis
                      Anuretes fallolunulus
                      Anuretes occultus
                      Anuretes similis
                      Anuretes justinei
                  Apogonia
                  Arnaeus
                  Arrama
                  Avitocaligus
                  Belizia
                  Caligera
                  Caligeria
                  Caligulina
                  Caligulus
                  Calina
                  Calistes
                  Caritus
                  Chalimus
                  Dartevellia
                  Dentigryps
                  Dysgamus
                  Echetus
                  Eirgos
                  Elytrophora
                  Gloiopotes
                  Heniochophilus
                  Hermilius
                  Homoiotes
                  Kabataella
                  Lamarckina
                  Laxe
                  Mappates
                  Metacaligus
                  Midias
                  Paralebion
                  Parapetalus
                  Parechetus
                  Platyporinus
                  Pseudanuretes
                  Pseudechetus
                  Pseudolepeophtheirus
                  Pseudopetalus
                  Pupulina
                  Risculus
                  Sciaenophilus
                  Sinocaligus
                  Synestius
                  Tuxophoropsis
                  Tuxophorus
                  Indocaligus
                  Alanlewisia
                  Tripartia
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                Lernanthropidae
                Megapontiidae
                Micropontiidae
                Nanaspididae
                Nicothoidae
                Pandaridae
                Pennellidae
                Pontoeciellidae
                Pseudocycnidae
                Rataniidae
                Sphyriidae
                Sponginticolidae
                Spongiocnizontidae
                Trebiidae
                Ascomyzontidae
                Calvocheridae
                Dissonidae
                Naobranchiidae
                Pennillidae
                Pontopsyllidae
                Amaterasidae
                Choniostomatidae
                Pseudohatschekiidae
              Monstrilloida
              Misophrioida
              Mormonilloida
          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
Monera