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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
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                  Krithe
                    Krithe bartonensis
                    Krithe keyi
                    Krithe papillosa
                    Krithe praetexta
                    Krithe producta
                    Krithe reniformis
                    Krithe similis
                    Krithe glacialis
                    Krithe minima
                    Krithe aequabilis
                    Krithe angusta
                    Krithe antisawanensis
                    Krithe aquilonia
                    Krithe ayressi
                    Krithe capensis
                    Krithe caudata
                    Krithe chichiuchianga
                    Krithe coimbrai
                    Krithe comma
                    Krithe compressa
                    Krithe dilata
                    Krithe dolichodeira
                    Krithe droogeri
                    Krithe eggeri
                    Krithe gnoma
                    Krithe japonica
                    Krithe kroemmelbeini
                    Krithe kueitaoyei
                    Krithe marialuisae
                    Krithe mazziniae
                    Krithe monosteracensis
                    Krithe nitida
                    Krithe ovoidea
                    Krithe perpulchra
                    Krithe peypouqueti
                    Krithe posticliva
                    Krithe prolata
                    Krithe pseudocomma
                    Krithe radiolata
                    Krithe reversa
                    Krithe rex
                    Krithe sawanensis
                    Krithe setosa
                    Krithe spatularis
                    Krithe swansoni
                    Krithe triangularis
                    Krithe trinidadensis
                    Krithe tumida
                    Krithe (Austrokrithe)
                        Krithe (Austrokrithe) magna
                    Krithe gobanensis
                    Krithe regulare
                    Krithe hyalina
                  Parakrithe
                  Pseudosammocythere
                  Pseudopsammocythere
                  Eukrithe
                  Parakrithella
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                Xestoleberididae
                Xestoleberidae
                Terrestricytheridae
                Entocytheridae
                Australocytherideidae
                Cobanocytheridae
                Cytheralisonidae
                Kliellidae
                Osticytheridae
                Paracytheridae
                Parvocytheridae
                Pectocytheridae
                Protocytheridae
                Psammocytheridae
                Saididae
                Schizocytheridae
                Speluncellidae
                Thaerocytheridae
                Bonaducecytheridae
                Progonocytheridae
                Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            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
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