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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
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                    Diogenidae
                    Paguridae
                        Anapagurus
                        Catapaguroides
                        Cestopagurus
                        Michelopagurus
                        Nematopagurus
                        Pagurus
                        Spiropagurus
                        Catapagurus
                        Scopaeopagurus
                        Pylopagurus
                        Labidochirus
                        Alainopagurus
                        Acanthopagurus
                        Alloeopagurodes
                        Boninpagurus
                        Bythiopagurus
                        Ceratopagurus
                        Chanopagurus
                        Cycetopagurus
                        Pagurodofleinia
                        Enneopagurus
                        Enneophyllus
                        Forestopagurus
                        Haigiopagurus
                        Hachijopagurus
                        Munidopagurus
                        Orthopagurus
                        Ostraconotus
                        Paguridium
                        Pagurodes
                        Pagurojacquesia
                        Protoniopagurus
                        Pygmaeopagurus
                        Pylopaguridium
                        Tarrasopagurus
                        Tomopaguroides
                        Agaricochirus
                        Alainopaguroides
                        Anapagrides
                        Anisopagurus
                        Bathypaguropsis
                          Bathypaguropsis carinatus
                          Bathypaguropsis cruentus
                          Bathypaguropsis foresti
                          Bathypaguropsis kuroshioensis
                          Bathypaguropsis marionensis
                          Bathypaguropsis microps
                          Bathypaguropsis yaldwyni
                        Catapaguropsis
                        Decaphyllus
                        Dentalopagurus
                        Discorsopagurus
                        Diacanthurus
                        Elassochirus
                        Icelopagurus
                        Enallopaguropsis
                        Enallopagurus
                        Enneobranchus
                        Goreopagurus
                        Iridopagurus
                        Lithopagurus
                        Lophopagurus
                        Manucomplanus
                        Micropagurus
                        Nematopaguroides
                        Paguritta
                        Parapagurodes
                        Phimochirus
                        Pseudopagurodes
                        Propagurus
                        Pteropagurus
                        Rhodochirus
                        Solenopagurus
                        Solitariopagurus
                        Tomopaguropsis
                        Xylopagurus
                        Trichopagurus
                        Tomopagurus
                        Turleania
                        Pumilopagurus
                        Bathiopagurus
                        Benthopagurus
                        Spathapagurus
                    Parapaguridae
                    Pylojacquesidae
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          Peracarida
        Hoplocarida
      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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