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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
            Podoplea
              Cyclopoida
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
                Artotrogidae
                  Arctopontius
                  Artotrogus
                  Bradypontius
                      Bradypontius caudatus
                      Bradypontius chelifer
                      Bradypontius dentatus
                      Bradypontius magniceps
                      Bradypontius major
                      Bradypontius papillatus
                      Bradypontius siphonatus
                      Bradypontius unidens
                      Bradypontius groenlandicus
                      Bradypontius ignotus
                      Bradypontius inermis
                      Bradypontius macginitei
                      Bradypontius ovatus
                      Bradypontius pichoni
                      Bradypontius serratipes
                      Bradypontius serrulatus
                      Bradypontius tenuipes
                      Bradypontius normani
                      Bradypontius typicus
                      Bradypontius crassisetus
                      Bradypontius heteroporus
                      Bradypontius halocynthiae
                      Bradypontius poorei
                      Bradypontius ancistronus
                  Cribropontius
                  Cryptopontius
                  Dyspontius
                  Dystrogus
                  Glannapontius
                  Metapontius
                  Myzopontius
                  Neopontius
                  Sestropontius
                  Abyssopontius
                  Altopontius
                  Antarctopontius
                  Ascidipontius
                  Conostoma
                  Gallopontius
                  Glyptotrogus
                  Neobradypontius
                  Pseudotrogus
                  Pteropontius
                  Pulicitrogus
                  Sewellopontius
                  Tardotrogus
                  Thoostoma
                  Urogonia
                Asterocheridae
                Brychiopontiidae
                Caligidae
                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
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