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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
              Pontocypridoidea
                Pontocyprididae
                  Argilloecia
                      Argilloecia (Robustoargilloecia)
                      Argilloecia bulbifera
                      Argilloecia caudata
                      Argilloecia conoidea
                      Argilloecia cylindrica
                      Argilloecia levis
                      Argilloecia micra
                      Argilloecia minor
                      Argilloecia propinqua
                      Argilloecia robusta
                      Argilloecia antarctica
                      Argilloecia castanea
                      Argilloecia posterotruncata
                      Argilloecia liefdefjordensis
                      Argilloecia abba
                      Argilloecia acuminata
                      Argilloecia affinis
                      Argilloecia badia
                      Argilloecia caju
                      Argilloecia chaotsuei
                      Argilloecia clavata
                      Argilloecia eburnea
                      Argilloecia elliptica
                      Argilloecia gentianiana
                      Argilloecia gonzalezi
                      Argilloecia gracilior
                      Argilloecia hanaii
                      Argilloecia inflata
                      Argilloecia keigwini
                      Argilloecia lunata
                      Argilloecia obtusata
                      Argilloecia parallela
                      Argilloecia parameridionalis
                      Argilloecia pusilla
                      Argilloecia robinwhatleyi
                      Argilloecia subacuta
                      Argilloecia symmetrica
                      Argilloecia toyamaensis
                      Argilloecia tumida
                      Argilloecia anceps
                      Argilloecia (Argilloecia)
                      Argilloecia meridionalis
                      Argilloecia acuticaudata
                      Argilloecia australomiocenica
                      Argilloecia kritheformae
                  Pontocypria
                  Pontocypris
                  Propontocypris
                  Australoecia
                  Abyssocypris
                  Aratrocypris
                  Erythrocypris
                  Iliffeoecia
                  Maddocksella
                  Peripontocypris
                  Thomontocypris
                  Pontocyprella
            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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Archaea
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