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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
                Ascidicolidae
                Botryllophilidae
                Buproridae
                Chordeumiidae
                Cyclopidae
                Cyclopinidae
                Cyclopoida incertae sedis
                Enterocolidae
                Enterognathidae
                Enteropsidae
                Fratiidae
                Haplostomidae
                Notodelphyidae
                  Bonnierilla
                  Botachus
                  Brementia
                  Conchlodelphys
                  Demoixys
                  Doroixys
                  Doropygella
                  Doropygopsis
                  Doropygus
                  Goniodelphys
                  Gunenotophorus
                  Haplostatus
                  Lobodelphys
                  Mesoixys
                  Notodelphys
                      Notodelphys acanthomela
                      Notodelphys agilis
                      Notodelphys allmani
                      Notodelphys caerulea
                      Notodelphys canui
                      Notodelphys cryptopyge
                      Notodelphys elegans
                      Notodelphys haranti
                      Notodelphys platymera
                      Notodelphys prasina
                      Notodelphys reducta
                      Notodelphys rufescens
                      Notodelphys tenera
                      Notodelphys translantica
                      Notodelphys affinis
                      Notodelphys antarctica
                      Notodelphys aurantiaca
                      Notodelphys ciliata
                      Notodelphys echinata
                      Notodelphys hatlassae
                      Notodelphys matronalis
                      Notodelphys mediterranea
                      Notodelphys monoseta
                      Notodelphys pachybrachia
                      Notodelphys parva
                      Notodelphys patagonica
                      Notodelphys pusilla
                      Notodelphys salthasae
                      Notodelphys squamifera
                      Notodelphys steinitzi
                      Notodelphys thalassae
                      Notodelphys transatlantica
                      Notodelphys weberi
                      Notodelphys ascidicola
                      Notodelphys dentata
                      Notodelphys villosus
                  Notopterophorus
                  Ooneides
                  Ophiodelphys
                  Ophioseide
                  Pachypygus
                  Prophioseides
                  Scolecimorpha
                  Sicyodelphys
                  Anoplodelphys
                  Achelidelphys
                  Adenaplostoma
                  Agnathaner
                  Apodelphys
                  Bysone
                  Campopera
                  Cephalodelphys
                  Cochlodelphys
                  Dysgenopsyllus
                  Gastrodes
                  Guenotophorus
                  Hypogastrion
                  Janstockia
                  Kystodelphys
                  Loboixys
                  Lonchidiopsis
                  Microra
                  Notodelphyopsis
                  Notopterophoroides
                  Ophioseides
                  Paralobodelphys
                  Paranoplodelphys
                  Paranotodelphys
                  Paryphes
                  Periproctia
                  Pholeterides
                  Pomphopygus
                  Pseudonotodelphys
                  Pygodelphys
                  Pythodelphys
                  Remex
                  Salpicola
                  Scolecodes
                  Sesir
                  Sphaeronotus
                  Syndelphys
                  Thoracodelphys
                  Ustina
                  Sphaerothylacus
                Oithonidae
                Thaumatopsyllidae
                Nucellicolidae
                Thespesiopsyllidae
                Cyclopettidae
                Chitonophilidae
              Harpacticoida
              Poecilostomatoida
              Siphonostomatoida
              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