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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
                    Galatheidae
                    Porcellanidae
                        Pisidia
                        Porcellana
                        Polyonyx
                        Pachycheles
                        Porcellanella
                        Neopetrolisthes
                        Petrolisthes
                        Aliaporcellana
                        Capilliporcellana
                        Enosteoides
                        Heteropolyonyx
                        Lissoporcellana
                        Petrocheles
                        Novorostrum
                        Raphidopus
                        Eulenaios
                        Pseudoporcellanella
                        Ancylocheles
                        Heteroporcellana
                        Allopetrolisthes
                        Clastotoechus
                        Euceramus
                        Liopetrolisthes
                        Madarateuchus
                        Megalobrachium
                        Neopisosoma
                          Neopisosoma angustifrons
                          Neopisosoma curacaoense
                          Neopisosoma neglectum
                          Neopisosoma orientale
                          Neopisosoma bicapillatum
                          Neopisosoma dohenyi
                          Neopisosoma mexicanum
                        Parapetrolisthes
                        Minyocerus
                        Orthochela
                        Ulloaia
                        Porcellanopsis
                        Porcellanides
                        Porcellina
                        Pisosoma
                        Streptochirus
                        Platycheles
                        Enostea
                        Polyonix
                        Percellana
                    Munidopsidae
                    Munididae
                  Hippoidea
                  Paguroidea
                  Lithodoidea
                  Kiwaoidea
                  Chirostyloidea
                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
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