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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.

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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
                Penaeoidea
                  Aristeidae
                  Benthesicymidae
                  Penaeidae
                    Funchalia
                    Marsupenaeus
                    Melicertus
                    Metapenaeopsis
                      Metapenaeopsis aegyptia
                      Metapenaeopsis mogiensis
                      Metapenaeopsis hilarula
                      Metapenaeopsis velutina
                      Metapenaeopsis distincta
                      Metapenaeopsis philippii
                      Metapenaeopsis erythraea
                      Metapenaeopsis scotti
                      Metapenaeopsis toloensis
                      Metapenaeopsis stridulans
                      Metapenaeopsis miersi
                      Metapenaeopsis barbata
                      Metapenaeopsis vaillanti
                      Metapenaeopsis gerardoi
                      Metapenaeopsis acclivis
                      Metapenaeopsis andamanensis
                      Metapenaeopsis angusta
                      Metapenaeopsis assimilis
                      Metapenaeopsis beebei
                      Metapenaeopsis ceylonica
                      Metapenaeopsis commensalis
                      Metapenaeopsis coniger
                      Metapenaeopsis costata
                      Metapenaeopsis crassissima
                      Metapenaeopsis dalei
                      Metapenaeopsis difficilis
                      Metapenaeopsis dura
                      Metapenaeopsis evermanni
                      Metapenaeopsis faouzii
                      Metapenaeopsis fusca
                      Metapenaeopsis gaillardi
                      Metapenaeopsis gallensis
                      Metapenaeopsis goodei
                      Metapenaeopsis hobbsi
                      Metapenaeopsis incisa
                      Metapenaeopsis ivanovi
                      Metapenaeopsis kishinouyei
                      Metapenaeopsis kyushuensis
                      Metapenaeopsis lamellata
                      Metapenaeopsis lata
                      Metapenaeopsis laubieri
                      Metapenaeopsis lindae
                      Metapenaeopsis liui
                      Metapenaeopsis mannarensis
                      Metapenaeopsis manningi
                      Metapenaeopsis marquesas
                      Metapenaeopsis martinella
                      Metapenaeopsis menoui
                      Metapenaeopsis mineri
                      Metapenaeopsis novaeguineae
                      Metapenaeopsis palmensis
                      Metapenaeopsis parahilarula
                      Metapenaeopsis parapalmensis
                      Metapenaeopsis persica
                      Metapenaeopsis propinqua
                      Metapenaeopsis proxima
                      Metapenaeopsis quadrilobata
                      Metapenaeopsis quinquedentata
                      Metapenaeopsis richeri
                      Metapenaeopsis rosea
                      Metapenaeopsis sibogae
                      Metapenaeopsis sinica
                      Metapenaeopsis sinuosa
                      Metapenaeopsis smithi
                      Metapenaeopsis spatulata
                      Metapenaeopsis spiridonovi
                      Metapenaeopsis stokmani
                      Metapenaeopsis tarawensis
                      Metapenaeopsis tchekunovae
                      Metapenaeopsis tenella
                      Metapenaeopsis wellsi
                      Metapenaeopsis provocatoria
                          Metapenaeopsis provocatoria longirostris
                          Metapenaeopsis provocatoria provocatoria
                          Metapenaeopsis provocatoria owstoni
                      Metapenaeopsis pubescens
                      Metapenaeopsis batei
                      Metapenaeopsis kuboi
                    Metapenaeus
                    Parapenaeus
                    Pelagopenaeus
                    Penaeopsis
                    Penaeus
                    Trachysalambria
                    Farfantepenaeus
                    Litopenaeus
                    Rimapenaeus
                    Atypopenaeus
                    Trachypenaeus
                    Parapenaeopsis
                    Macropetasma
                    Trachypenaeopsis
                    Artemesia
                    Fenneropenaeus
                    Heteropenaeus
                    Megokris
                    Miyadiella
                    Protrachypene
                    Tanypenaeus
                    Xiphopenaeus
                  Sicyoniidae
                  Solenoceridae
                Sergestoidea
              Pleocyemata
          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
Plantae
Fungi
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Bacteria
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Archaea
Viruses
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