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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                  Krithe
                      Krithe bartonensis
                      Krithe keyi
                      Krithe papillosa
                      Krithe praetexta
                      Krithe producta
                      Krithe reniformis
                      Krithe similis
                      Krithe glacialis
                      Krithe minima
                      Krithe aequabilis
                      Krithe angusta
                      Krithe antisawanensis
                      Krithe aquilonia
                      Krithe ayressi
                      Krithe capensis
                      Krithe caudata
                      Krithe chichiuchianga
                      Krithe coimbrai
                      Krithe comma
                      Krithe compressa
                      Krithe dilata
                      Krithe dolichodeira
                      Krithe droogeri
                      Krithe eggeri
                      Krithe gnoma
                      Krithe japonica
                      Krithe kroemmelbeini
                      Krithe kueitaoyei
                      Krithe marialuisae
                      Krithe mazziniae
                      Krithe monosteracensis
                      Krithe nitida
                      Krithe ovoidea
                      Krithe perpulchra
                      Krithe peypouqueti
                      Krithe posticliva
                      Krithe prolata
                      Krithe pseudocomma
                      Krithe radiolata
                      Krithe reversa
                      Krithe rex
                      Krithe sawanensis
                      Krithe setosa
                      Krithe spatularis
                      Krithe swansoni
                      Krithe triangularis
                      Krithe trinidadensis
                      Krithe tumida
                      Krithe (Austrokrithe)
                      Krithe gobanensis
                      Krithe regulare
                      Krithe hyalina
                  Parakrithe
                  Pseudosammocythere
                  Pseudopsammocythere
                  Eukrithe
                  Parakrithella
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                Xestoleberididae
                Xestoleberidae
                Terrestricytheridae
                Entocytheridae
                Australocytherideidae
                Cobanocytheridae
                Cytheralisonidae
                Kliellidae
                Osticytheridae
                Paracytheridae
                Parvocytheridae
                Pectocytheridae
                Protocytheridae
                Psammocytheridae
                Saididae
                Schizocytheridae
                Speluncellidae
                Thaerocytheridae
                Bonaducecytheridae
                Progonocytheridae
                Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            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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