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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
                      Catapaguropsis
                      Decaphyllus
                      Dentalopagurus
                      Discorsopagurus
                          Discorsopagurus cavicola
                          Discorsopagurus maclaughlinae
                          Discorsopagurus schmitti
                          Discorsopagurus tubicola
                      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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Chromista
Archaea
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