Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions

Search


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).

Search for a Species
Browse For a Marine Species
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
                Adenopleurellidae
                Aegisthidae
                Ambunguipedidae
                Ameiridae
                Ancorabolidae
                Arenopontiidae
                Argestidae
                Balaenophilidae
                Canthocamptidae
                  Cletocamptus
                      Cletocamptus confluens
                      Cletocamptus retrogressus
                      Cletocamptus affinis
                      Cletocamptus bermudae
                      Cletocamptus brehmi
                      Cletocamptus deitersi
                      Cletocamptus dominicanus
                      Cletocamptus gabrieli
                      Cletocamptus helobius
                      Cletocamptus trichotus
                      Cletocamptus xenuus
                      Cletocamptus albuquerquensis
                      Cletocamptus bicolor
                      Cletocamptus blanchardi
                      Cletocamptus brevicaudata
                      Cletocamptus feei
                      Cletocamptus gravihiatus
                      Cletocamptus kummleri
                      Cletocamptus merbokensis
                      Cletocamptus axi
                      Cletocamptus schmidti
                      Cletocamptus fourchensis
                      Cletocamptus stimpsoni
                      Cletocamptus sinaloensis
                      Cletocamptus deborahdexterae
                      Cletocamptus cecsurirensis
                      Cletocamptus racovitzae
                      Cletocamptus servus
                      Cletocamptus dadayi
                      Cletocamptus croisicensis
                      Cletocamptus levis
                      Cletocamptus nudus
                      Cletocamptus assimilis
                      Cletocamptus tertius
                      Cletocamptus pilosus
                      Cletocamptus spinulosus
                  Parepactophanes
                  Psammocamptus
                  Metahuntemannia
                  Talpina
                  Ophirion
                  Leimia
                  Isthmiocaris
                  Apodella
                  Taurocletodes
                  Vibriopsyllus
                  Dahmsopottekina
                  Pottekia
                Canuellidae
                Cerviniidae
                Cletodidae
                Cletopsyllidae
                Clytemnestridae
                Cristacoxidae
                Cylindropsyllidae
                Danielsseniidae
                Darcythompsoniidae
                Diosaccidae
                Ectinosomatidae
                Euterpinidae
                Harpacticidae
                Huntemanniidae
                Laophontidae
                Laophontopsidae
                Latiremidae
                Leptastacidae
                Leptopontiidae
                Longipediidae
                Louriniidae
                Metidae
                Miraciidae
                Neobradyidae
                Normanellidae
                Novocriniidae
                Orthopsyllidae
                Paramesochridae
                Parastenheliidae
                Parastenocarididae
                Peltidiidae
                Phyllognathopodidae
                Porcellidiidae
                Psammopsyllidae
                Rhizothricidae
                Rotundiclipeidae
                Superornatiremidae
                Tachidiidae
                Tegastidae
                Tetragonicepsidae
                Thalestridae
                Thompsonulidae
                Tisbidae
                Zosimeidae
                Paranannopidae
                Ectinosomidae
                Pseudopeltidiidae
                Pteropsyllidae
                Rhynchothalestridae
                Pseudotachidiidae
                Idyanthidae
                Dactylopusiidae
                Ismardiidae
                Metahuntemanniidae
                Heteropsyllidae
                Parameiropsidae
                Nannopodidae
                Idyaeidae
              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