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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
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
              Anthuridea
              Asellota
                Asellota incertae sedis
                Aselloidea
                Stenetrioidea
                Janiroidea
                  Acanthaspidiidae
                  Dendrotiidae
                  Desmosomatidae
                  Eurycopidae
                  Haplomunnidae
                  Haploniscidae
                  Ilyarachnidae
                  Ischnomesidae
                  Janirellidae
                  Janiridae
                  Joeropsidae
                  Katianiridae
                  Macrostylidae
                  Munnidae
                  Munnopsidae
                  Nannoniscidae
                  Paramunnidae
                    Paramunna
                    Neasellus
                    Pleurogonium
                    Austrosignum
                    Bathygonium
                    Coulmannia
                    Pleurosignum
                    Notoxenoides
                    Abyssianira
                    Acutomunna
                    Allorostrata
                    Antennulosignum
                    Ascionana
                    Austrimunna
                    Austrogonium
                    Austronanus
                    Epipedonana
                    Harrietonana
                    Heterosignum
                    Kiklonana
                    Magellianira
                    Metamunna
                    Munnogonium
                    Notoxenus
                    Omonana
                    Pagonana
                    Palanana
                    Pelagogonium
                    Spiculonana
                    Sporonana
                    Cryosignum
                        Cryosignum incisum
                    Stephenseniellus
                    Advenogonium
                    Boreosignum
                    Dentigonium
                    Holodentata
                    Kussakinella
                    Meridiosignum
                    Pentaceration
                    Quetzogonium
                    Spinogonium
                    Tethygonium
                    Zizzygonium
                  Pleurocopidae
                  Pleurogoniidae
                  Pseudomesidae
                  Thambematidae
                  Mesosignidae
                  Santiidae
                  Dendrotionidae
                  Echinothambematidae
                  Joeropsididae
                  Mictosomatidae
                  Xenosellidae
                Gnathostenetroidoidea
              Epicaridea
              Flabellifera
              Gnathiidea
              Microcerberidea
              Valvifera
              Oniscidea
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        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
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Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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