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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
              Cylindroleberidoidea
                Cylindroleberidae
                Cylindroleberididae
                  Cylindroleberidinae
                    Asterope
                    Parasterope
                    Polyleberis
                    Prionotoleberis
                    Synasterope
                        Synasterope norvegica
                        Synasterope abyssicola
                        Synasterope helix
                        Synasterope hirpex
                        Synasterope index
                        Synasterope phalanx
                        Synasterope empontseni
                        Synasterope calix
                        Synasterope arnaudi
                        Synasterope brachythrix
                        Synasterope duplex
                        Synasterope mystix
                        Synasterope polythrix
                        Synasterope williamsae
                        Synasterope bassana
                        Synasterope bathyalis
                        Synasterope bensoni
                        Synasterope brevisetae
                        Synasterope browni
                        Synasterope cushmani
                        Synasterope delta
                        Synasterope dimorpha
                        Synasterope empoulseni
                        Synasterope implumis
                        Synasterope longiseta
                        Synasterope matrix
                        Synasterope mystax
                        Synasterope oculata
                        Synasterope psitticina
                        Synasterope quadrata
                        Synasterope quatrisetosa
                        Synasterope rangiroaensis
                        Synasterope serrata
                        Synasterope setispara
                        Synasterope solox
                        Synasterope extrachelata
                        Synasterope poulseni
                    Cylindroleberis
                    Domromeus
                    Heptonema
                    Archasterope
                    Bathyleberis
                    Diasterope
                    Homasterope
                    Skogsbergiella
                    Xenoleberis
                    Empoulsenia
                    Asteropina
                    Bruuniella
                    Dolasterope
                    Monasterope
                    Postasterope
                    Xandarasterope
                    Philippiella
                  Asteropteroninae
                  Cyclasteropinae
              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
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