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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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
  Gracilicutes
    Cyanobacteria
      Cyanophyceae
        Stigonematales
        Nostocophycideae
        Oscillatoriophycideae
          Chroococcales
          Oscillatoriales
            Oscillatoriaceae
              Lyngbya
                  Lyngbya autumnalis
                  Lyngbya confervoides
                  Lyngbya epiphytica
                  Lyngbya infixa
                  Lyngbya lutea
                  Lyngbya martensiana
                  Lyngbya nordgaardii
                  Lyngbya willei
                  Lyngbya semiplena
                  Lyngbya fragilis
                  Lyngbya incrustata
                  Lyngbya mollis
                  Lyngbya persicina
                  Lyngbya aestuarii
                  Lyngbya lagerheimii
                  Lyngbya lithophila
                  Lyngbya adriae
                  Lyngbya carmichaelii
              Oscillatoria
              Plectonema
            Phormidiaceae
            Schizotrichaceae
            Borziaceae
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera