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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
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
        Euechinoidea
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
          Cidaroida
            Cidaridea
              Cidaridae
                Cidarinae
                  Cidaris
                  Cidarites
                  Dorocidaris
                  Eucidaris
                      Eucidaris metularia
                      Eucidaris tribuloides
                      Eucidaris australiae
                      Eucidaris clavata
                      Eucidaris thouarsii
                        Eucidaris thouarsii galapagensis
                        Eucidaris thouarsii thouarsii
                      Eucidaris galapagensis
                  Kionocidaris
                  Lissocidaris
                  Calocidaris
                  Tretocidaris
                  Almucidaris
                  Centrocidaris
                  Chondrocidaris
                  Cyathocidaris
                  Hesperocidaris
                  Triassicidaris
                  Orthocidaris
                  Actinocidaris
                  Compsocidaris
                  Gymnocidaris
                  Schleinitzia
                  Chorocidaris
                  Cydaris
                Goniocidarinae
                Stereocidarinae
                Typocidarinae
                Phyllacanthina
                Plegiocidaris
                Minicidaris
                Abelleicidaris
                Stylocidarinae
              Ctenocidaridae
              Paurocidaridae
              Roseicidaridae
            Histocidaridea
            Diplocidaridae
            Miocidaridae
            Polycidaridae
            Rhabdocidaridae
            Serpianotiaridae
            Triadocidaridae
            Anisocidaridae
            Tetracidaridae
            Nenoticidaridae
        Palaeozoic Echinoidea
        Glyphostoma
      Holothuroidea
  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