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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
          Capitata
          Filifera
            Bougainvilliidae
              Aselomaris
              Bimeria
              Bougainvillia
              Clavopsella
              Dicoryne
              Garveia
              Koellikerina
              Lizzella
              Nemopsis
              Nubiella
                  Nubiella mitra
                  Nubiella atentaculata
                  Nubiella paramitra
                  Nubiella tubularia
                  Nubiella claviformis
                  Nubiella intergona
                  Nubiella macrogastera
                  Nubiella macrogona
                  Nubiella oralospinella
                  Nubiella papillaris
                  Nubiella sinica
              Pachycordyle
              Rhizorhagium
              Thamnostoma
              Perigonimus
              Thieliana
              Chiarella
              Millardiana
              Parawrightia
              Silhouetta
              Calyptospadix
              Manicella
              Margelis
              Heterocordyle
              Pruvotella
              Gravelia
              Thamnitis
              Koellikeria
              Perigonymus
              Lizusa
            Clavidae
            Eudendriidae
            Hydractiniidae
            Pandeiidae
            Proboscidactylidae
            Pandeidae
            Rathkeidae
            Trichydridae
            Margelina
            Filifera incertae sedis
            Pandeida
            Calycopsidae
            Cytaeididae
            Niobiidae
            Ptilocodiidae
            Stylasteridae
            Laingiidae
            Protiaridae
            Russelliidae
            Bythotiaridae
            Oceaniidae
            Eucodoniidae
            Australomedusidae
            Balellidae
            Jeanbouilloniidae
            Platystomidae
            Tubiclavoididae
            Cordylophoridae
            Magapiidae
            Axoporidae
            Heterotentaculidae
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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