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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
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                  Paracytheridea
                      Paracytheridea cuneiformis
                      Paracytheridea depressa
                      Paracytheridea norvegica
                      Paracytheridea antarctica
                      Paracytheridea batei
                      Paracytheridea brachyforma
                      Paracytheridea bulbosa
                      Paracytheridea chilensis
                      Paracytheridea clara
                      Paracytheridea coryodalia
                      Paracytheridea dentomarginata
                      Paracytheridea dialata
                      Paracytheridea dissecta
                      Paracytheridea echinata
                      Paracytheridea granti
                      Paracytheridea inflata
                      Paracytheridea longicaudata
                      Paracytheridea luandensis
                      Paracytheridea minaminipponica
                      Paracytheridea neolongicaudata
                      Paracytheridea paralelicostata
                      Paracytheridea parallia
                      Paracytheridea paulii
                      Paracytheridea polyspinosa
                      Paracytheridea pseudoremanei
                      Paracytheridea remanei
                      Paracytheridea reticulata
                      Paracytheridea sanyui
                      Paracytheridea scorpiona
                      Paracytheridea shiaguandonga
                      Paracytheridea spinosa
                      Paracytheridea triquetra
                      Paracytheridea troglodyta
                      Paracytheridea wawa
                      Paracytheridea gynaikokratia
                      Paracytheridea reunionensis
                      Paracytheridea trilobites
                      Paracytheridea vandenboldi
                      Paracytheridea norvegica
                  Tuberculocythere
                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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