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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
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
            Euphausiacea
            Amphionidacea
            Decapoda
              Dendrobranchiata
              Pleocyemata
                Anomura
                  Galatheoidea
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                    Chirostylidae
                      Gastroptychus
                          Gastroptychus formosus
                          Gastroptychus spinirostris
                          Gastroptychus affinis
                          Gastroptychus brachyterus
                          Gastroptychus brevipropodus
                          Gastroptychus cavimurus
                          Gastroptychus defensus
                          Gastroptychus hawaiiensis
                          Gastroptychus hendersoni
                          Gastroptychus iaspis
                          Gastroptychus investigatoris
                          Gastroptychus laevis
                          Gastroptychus meridionalis
                          Gastroptychus milneedwardsi
                          Gastroptychus novaezelandiae
                          Gastroptychus paucispina
                          Gastroptychus perarmatus
                          Gastroptychus rogeri
                          Gastroptychus salvadori
                          Gastroptychus spinifer
                          Gastroptychus sternoornatus
                          Gastroptychus valdiviae
                      Uroptychus
                      Uroptychodes
                    Kiwaidae
                    Eumunididae
                Brachyura
                Caridea
                Palinura
                Stenopodidea
                Thalassinidea
          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
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera