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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
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
            Pourtalesioida
            Atelostomata
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
              Cassiduloida
              Clypeasteroida
                Laganina
                Scutellina
                  Laganiformes
                  Scutelliformes
                    Echinarachniidae
                    Mellitidae
                        Mellita
                        Encope
                          Encope aberrans
                          Encope michelini
                          Encope (Mellitella)
                          Encope arcensis
                          Encope emarginata
                          Encope grandis
                          Encope laevis
                          Encope micropora
                          Encope perspectiva
                          Encope wetmorei
                          Encope oblonga
                          Encope valenciennesi
                          Encope galapagensis
                          Encope pacifica
                          Encope agassizi
                          Encope californica
                          Encope cocosi
                          Encope cyclopora
                          Encope ecuadorensis
                          Encope fragilis
                          Encope ghiesbrechtii
                          Encope insularis
                          Encope irregularis
                          Encope nummularia
                          Encope occidentalis
                          Encope quinqueloba
                          Encope subclausa
                          Encope tetrapora
                          Encope stokesii
                        Leodia
                        Mellitella
                        Echinoglycus
                        Echinoglyphus
                        Desmoulinaster
                        Moulinia
                        Moulinsia
                        Ravenellia
                        Macrophora
                    Scutellidae
                    Astriclypeidae
                    Rotulidae
                    Abertellidae
                    Dendrasteridae
                    Eoscutellidae
                    Monophorasteridae
                    Protoscutellidae
                    Scutasteridae
                    Taiwanasteridae
                    Monphorasteridae
                  Scutellina incertae sedis
                  Scutellinidae
                Rotulina
                Clypeasterina
                Conoclypidae
                Faujasiidae
                Oligopygidae
                Plesiolampadidae
                Togocyamids
              Apatopygidae
              Echinolampadoida
              Archiaciidae
              Claviasteridae
              Clypeidae
              Clypeolampadidae
              Nucleolitidae
              Pygaulidae
            Microstomata
            Echinoneoida
            Desorellidae
            Galeropygidae
            Pygasteridae
            Pygorhytidae
            Gitolampadids
            Pygurids
            Catopygids
            Hyboclypids
            Mesodiadema
            Loriolella
            Pseudopygaster
            Menopygidae
            Infraclypeidae
            Grasia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
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Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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