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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
                Asterocheridae
                  Acontiophorus
                  Asterocheres
                  Collocheres
                  Dermatomyzon
                  Mesocheres
                  Psilomyzon
                  Rhynchomyzon
                  Scottocheres
                  Tuphacheres
                  Ascomyzon
                  Ammatimyzon
                  Asterocheroides
                  Asteropontella
                  Asteropontius
                  Asteropontoides
                  Asteropontopsis
                  Australomyzon
                  Bythocheres
                  Caecidomyzon
                  Cecidomyzon
                  Chelacheres
                  Cheramomyzon
                  Cletopontius
                  Collocherides
                  Cyclopicera
                  Cystomyzon
                  Discopontius
                  Doropontius
                  Echinocheres
                  Glyptocheres
                  Gomumucheres
                  Hammatimyzon
                  Hermacheres
                  Hetairosyna
                  Hetairosynopsis
                  Humescheres
                  Indomyzon
                  Inermocheres
                  Isopodius
                  Kolocheres
                  Kolomyzon
                  Laperocheres
                  Leptomyzon
                  Madacheres
                  Meandromyzon
                  Mimacheres
                  Monocheres
                  Obesiella
                  Oedomyzon
                  Onychocheres
                  Ophiurocheres
                  Orecturus
                      Orecturus canariensis
                      Orecturus bracatus
                      Orecturus excavatus
                      Orecturus finitimus
                      Orecturus forticulus
                      Orecturus grandisetiger
                      Orecturus sakalavicus
                      Orecturus ampulus
                      Orecturus bahiensis
                      Orecturus longicaudatus
                      Orecturus similis
                      Orecturus ortizi
                      Orecturus antillensis
                  Paracontiophorus
                  Parasterocheres
                  Parasteropontius
                  Peltomyzon
                  Phyllocheres
                  Selenodiscus
                  Sinopontius
                  Siphonopontius
                  Solenostoma
                  Tychomyzon
                  Uperogcos
                  Gerulusosacculus
                  Stockmyzon
                  Hetairosynella
                  Cyclocheres
                  Stenomyzon
                  Cephalocheres
                  Humesimyzon
                  Thermocheres
                  Gascardama
                  Echinocheres
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera