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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
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
            Cypridocopina
              Cypridoidea
              Macrocypridoidea
                Macrocyprididae
                    Macrocypria
                    Macrocyprina
                    Macrocypris
                    Macromckenziae
                    Macropyxis
                      Macropyxis sonneae
                      Macropyxis thiedei
                      Macropyxis andreseni
                      Macropyxis improcera
                      Macropyxis simulans
                      Macropyxis adrecta
                      Macropyxis adriatica
                      Macropyxis adunca
                      Macropyxis alanlordi
                      Macropyxis amoena
                      Macropyxis amanda
                      Macropyxis antonbruunae
                      Macropyxis arta
                      Macropyxis audens
                      Macropyxis cronini
                      Macropyxis eltaninae
                      Macropyxis hornei
                      Macropyxis ghartmanni
                      Macropyxis jeans
                      Macropyxis kaesleri
                      Macropyxis kalbi
                      Macropyxis kornickeri
                      Macropyxis labutisi
                      Macropyxis parajeans
                      Macropyxis sapeloensis
                      Macropyxis similis
                      Macropyxis tenuicauda
                      Macropyxis bathyalensis
                    Macroscapha
                    Macrosarisa
                    Macromckenziea
                    Macrocyprissa
                    Yemanja
              Pontocypridoidea
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        Palaeocopa
      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