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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
                          Vargula mediterranea
                          Vargula norvegica
                          Vargula sagax
                          Vargula arx
                          Vargula antarctica
                          Vargula dentata
                          Vargula hamata
                          Vargula subantarctica
                          Vargula sutura
                          Vargula morini
                          Vargula magna
                          Vargula americana
                          Vargula annecohenae
                          Vargula ascensus
                          Vargula biarticulata
                          Vargula bullae
                          Vargula contragula
                          Vargula exuma
                          Vargula fugax
                          Vargula graminicola
                          Vargula grex
                          Vargula harveyi
                          Vargula hex
                          Vargula hilgendorfi
                          Vargula ignitula
                          Vargula karamu
                          Vargula kuna
                          Vargula lucidella
                          Vargula lusca
                          Vargula matrix
                          Vargula micamacula
                          Vargula mizonomma
                          Vargula noropsela
                          Vargula parasitica
                          Vargula plicata
                          Vargula psammobia
                          Vargula psydrax
                          Vargula puppis
                          Vargula rapax
                          Vargula scintilla
                          Vargula shulmanae
                          Vargula spinosa
                          Vargula spinulosa
                          Vargula stathme
                          Vargula stranx
                          Vargula trifax
                          Vargula tsujii
                          Vargula tubulata
                          Vargula vertex
                          Vargula vix
                      Paradoloria
                      Rheina
                      Metavargula
                      Hadacypridina
                      Cypridinodes
                      Codonocera
                      Bathyvargula
                      Paracypridina
                      Pterocypridina
                      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
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera