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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
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
            Cypridocopina
              Cypridoidea
              Macrocypridoidea
                Macrocyprididae
                  Macrocypria
                  Macrocyprina
                      Macrocyprina succinea
                      Macrocyprina campbelli
                      Macrocyprina maddocksae
                      Macrocyprina youngi
                      Macrocyprina rocas
                      Macrocyprina coimbrai
                      Macrocyprina hawkae
                      Macrocyprina hortuli
                      Macrocyprina schmitti
                      Macrocyprina skinneri
                      Macrocyprina africana
                      Macrocyprina barbara
                      Macrocyprina belizensis
                      Macrocyprina bermudae
                      Macrocyprina bonaducei
                      Macrocyprina caiman
                      Macrocyprina captiosa
                      Macrocyprina dispar
                      Macrocyprina hartmanni
                      Macrocyprina jamaicae
                      Macrocyprina maculata
                      Macrocyprina madagascarensis
                      Macrocyprina moza
                      Macrocyprina noharai
                      Macrocyprina okinawae
                      Macrocyprina pacifica
                      Macrocyprina propinqua
                      Macrocyprina quadrimaculata
                      Macrocyprina rattrayi
                      Macrocyprina swaini
                      Macrocyprina vargata
                      Macrocyprina decora
                      Macrocyprina inaequalis
                      Macrocyprina tensa
                      Macrocyprina turbida
                  Macrocypris
                  Macromckenziae
                  Macropyxis
                  Macroscapha
                  Macrosarisa
                  Macromckenziea
                  Macrocyprissa
                  Yemanja
              Pontocypridoidea
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        Palaeocopa
      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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