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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
    Myxosporea
      Bivalvulida
        Sphaeromyxina
        Variisporina
          Alatasporidae
          Auerbachiidae
          Ceratomyxidae
            Ceratomyxa
                Ceratomyxa acanthuri
                Ceratomyxa agilis
                Ceratomyxa allantoidea
                Ceratomyxa anguillae
                Ceratomyxa appendiculata
                Ceratomyxa arcuata
                Ceratomyxa artedielli
                Ceratomyxa auerbachi
                Ceratomyxa beloneae
                Ceratomyxa chromis
                Ceratomyxa coris
                Ceratomyxa diplodae
                Ceratomyxa drepanopsettae
                Ceratomyxa dubia
                Ceratomyxa elegans
                Ceratomyxa globulifera
                Ceratomyxa herouardi
                Ceratomyxa hopkinsi
                Ceratomyxa inaequalis
                Ceratomyxa informis
                Ceratomyxa labracis
                Ceratomyxa lata
                Ceratomyxa linospora
                Ceratomyxa longispina
                Ceratomyxa macrospora
                Ceratomyxa maenae
                Ceratomyxa magna
                Ceratomyxa markewitchi
                Ceratomyxa maxima
                Ceratomyxa merlangi
                Ceratomyxa orientalis
                Ceratomyxa pallida
                Ceratomyxa parva
                Ceratomyxa peculiaria
                Ceratomyxa platichthys
                Ceratomyxa ramosa
                Ceratomyxa reticulata
                Ceratomyxa scorpaenarum
                Ceratomyxa sparusaurati
                Ceratomyxa sphaerulosa
                Ceratomyxa tenuispora
                Ceratomyxa trichiuri
                Ceratomyxa truncata
                Ceratomyxa antarctica
                Ceratomyxa ellipsoidea
                Ceratomyxa nototheniae
                Ceratomyxa orthospora
                Ceratomyxa myxocephala
                Ceratomyxa priacanthi
                Ceratomyxa ammodytis
                Ceratomyxa huanghaiensis
                Ceratomyxa lateolabracis
                Ceratomyxa quingdaoensis
                Ceratomyxa ghaffari
                Ceratomyxa thunni
                Ceratomyxa aggregata
                Ceratomyxa angusta
                Ceratomyxa castigata
                Ceratomyxa castigatoides
                Ceratomyxa constricta
                Ceratomyxa declivis
                Ceratomyxa elongata
                Ceratomyxa faba
                Ceratomyxa flexa
                Ceratomyxa gemmaphora
                Ceratomyxa gibba
                Ceratomyxa hama
                Ceratomyxa hokarari
                Ceratomyxa inconstans
                Ceratomyxa insolita
                Ceratomyxa intexua
                Ceratomyxa inversa
                Ceratomyxa laxa
                Ceratomyxa minuta
                Ceratomyxa moenei
                Ceratomyxa nitida
                Ceratomyxa polymorpha
                Ceratomyxa recta
                Ceratomyxa renalis
                Ceratomyxa subtilis
                Ceratomyxa torquata
                Ceratomyxa uncinata
                Ceratomyxa vepallida
                Ceratomyxa abbreviata
                Ceratomyxa acanthopagri
                Ceratomyxa adeli
                Ceratomyxa amatea
                Ceratomyxa ampla
                Ceratomyxa annulata
                Ceratomyxa apogoni
                Ceratomyxa beveridgei
                Ceratomyxa centriscopsi
                Ceratomyxa coelorhyncha
                Ceratomyxa constricta
                Ceratomyxa elongata
                Ceratomyxa etrumuci
                Ceratomyxa fisheri
                Ceratomyxa fujitai
                Ceratomyxa galeata
                Ceratomyxa kovaljovae
                Ceratomyxa latesi
                Ceratomyxa lepidopusi
                Ceratomyxa limandae
                Ceratomyxa longipes
                Ceratomyxa lovei
                Ceratomyxa lubati
                Ceratomyxa macroformis
                Ceratomyxa macronesi
                Ceratomyxa macrouridonum
                Ceratomyxa minima
                Ceratomyxa mylionis
                Ceratomyxa nebulifera
                Ceratomyxa noblei
                Ceratomyxa pegusae
                Ceratomyxa opisthocornata
                Ceratomyxa ovalis
                Ceratomyxa physiculusi
                Ceratomyxa pinguis
                Ceratomyxa polymorpha
                Ceratomyxa quadritaenia
                Ceratomyxa scissura
                Ceratomyxa sebastici
                Ceratomyxa subelegans
                Ceratomyxa vikrami
                Ceratomyxa hepseti
            Leptotheca
            Ellipsomyxa
            Meglitschia
          Chloromyxidae
          Myxidiidae
          Ortholineidae
          Parvicapsulidae
          Sinuolineidae
          Sphaerosporidae
          Fabesporidae
        Platysporina
      Multivalvulida
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera