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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
                Calverocheridae
                Cancerillidae
                Cecropidae
                Dichelesthiidae
                Dinopontiidae
                Dirivultidae
                Entomolepidae
                Eudactylinidae
                Euryphoridae
                Hatschekiidae
                Kroyeriidae
                Lernaeopodidae
                Lernanthropidae
                Megapontiidae
                Micropontiidae
                Nanaspididae
                Nicothoidae
                Pandaridae
                Pennellidae
                  Cardiodectes
                  Exopenna
                  Haemobaphes
                  Lernaeenicus
                  Lernaeocera
                  Lernaeolophus
                  Peniculus
                  Pennella
                    Pennella balaenoptera
                    Pennella filosa
                    Pennella balaenopterae
                    Pennella instructa
                    Pennella sagitta
                    Pennella crassicornis
                    Pennella remorae
                    Pennella varians
                    Pennella antarctica
                    Pennella anthonyi
                    Pennella biloba
                    Pennella cervicornis
                    Pennella cettei
                    Pennella charcoti
                    Pennella costai
                    Pennella diodontis
                    Pennella elegans
                    Pennella exocoeti
                    Pennella germonia
                        Pennella germonia fagei
                    Pennella histiophori
                    Pennella incerta
                    Pennella liouvillei
                    Pennella longicauda
                    Pennella makaira
                    Pennella orthagorisci
                    Pennella oxyporhamphi
                    Pennella platycephalus
                    Pennella robusta
                    Pennella rubra
                    Pennella selaris
                    Pennella tridentata
                    Pennella zeylanica
                    Pennella hawaiiensis
                    Pennella blainvillei
                    Pennella bocconii
                    Pennella brachiata
                    Pennella holteni
                    Pennella plumosa
                    Pennella pustulosa
                    Pennella sultana
                    Pennella intricata
                    Pennella gracilis
                    Pennella cylindrica
                    Pennella elongata
                  Peroderma
                  Sarcotretes
                  Allotrifur
                  Baculus
                  Carcinium
                  Collipravus
                  Creopelates
                  Foroculum
                  Haemobaphoides
                  Impexus
                  Lernaeonema
                  Lernaeopenna
                  Lerneoceropsis
                  Lerneopenna
                  Metapeniculus
                  Ophiolernaea
                  Parinia
                  Peniculisa
                  Pennatula
                  Phrixocephaloides
                  Phrixocephalus
                  Pseudulus
                  Saucissona
                  Serpentisaccus
                  Taphrobia
                  Trifur
                  Penicillus
                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