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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
          Myodocopida
            Myodocopina
              Cypridinoidea
                Cypridinidae
                  Cypridininae
                    Cypridinini
                      Cypridina
                      Doloria
                      Macrocypridina
                      Skogsbergia
                      Vargula
                      Paradoloria
                      Rheina
                      Metavargula
                      Hadacypridina
                      Cypridinodes
                      Codonocera
                      Bathyvargula
                      Paracypridina
                      Pterocypridina
                          Pterocypridina sex
                          Pterocypridina alata
                          Pterocypridina appendix
                          Pterocypridina birostrata
                          Pterocypridina dedeckkeri
                          Pterocypridina excreta
                          Pterocypridina nex
                          Pterocypridina pax
                          Pterocypridina tressleri
                      Amphisiphonostra
                      Jimmorinia
                      Kornickeria
                      Melavargula
                      Monopia
                      Paravargula
                      Pseudodoloria
                      Rugosidoloria
                      Sheina
                      Siphonostra
                    Gigantocypridinini
                  Azygocypridininae
                  Crossphorus
              Cylindroleberidoidea
              Sarsielloidea
            Paleomyodocopina
          Halocyprida
        Podocopa
        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
Plantae
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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