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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
          Echinothuroida
          Gnathostomata
          Echinothurioida
          Irregularia
            Pourtalesioida
            Atelostomata
            Holectypoida
            Neognathostomata
              Cassiduloida
              Clypeasteroida
                Laganina
                Scutellina
                  Laganiformes
                    Fibulariidae
                      Fibularia
                        Fibularia equina
                        Fibularia tarentina
                        Fibularia ovulum
                            Fibularia ovulum trigona
                            Fibularia ovulum ovulum
                        Fibularia volva
                        Fibularia (Fibulariella)
                        Fibularia japonica
                        Fibularia cribellum
                        Fibularia nutriens
                        Fibularia plateia
                        Fibularia australis
                        Fibularia craniolaris
                        Fibularia crispa
                        Fibularia elegans
                        Fibularia grandipora
                        Fibularia incerta
                        Fibularia macrostomus
                        Fibularia megapetalus
                        Fibularia oblonga
                        Fibularia platytata
                        Fibularia polyporus
                        Fibularia provecta
                        Fibularia pusilla
                        Fibularia scabra
                        Fibularia sollers
                        Fibularia trigona
                        Fibularia acuta
                        Fibularia damensis
                      Fibulariella
                      Lenicyamidia
                      Thagastea
                      Tridium
                      Thagaetca
                    Laganidae
                    Echinocyamidae
                  Scutelliformes
                  Scutellina incertae sedis
                  Scutellinidae
                Rotulina
                Clypeasterina
                Conoclypidae
                Faujasiidae
                Oligopygidae
                Plesiolampadidae
                Togocyamids
              Apatopygidae
              Echinolampadoida
              Archiaciidae
              Claviasteridae
              Clypeidae
              Clypeolampadidae
              Nucleolitidae
              Pygaulidae
            Microstomata
            Echinoneoida
            Desorellidae
            Galeropygidae
            Pygasteridae
            Pygorhytidae
            Gitolampadids
            Pygurids
            Catopygids
            Hyboclypids
            Mesodiadema
            Loriolella
            Pseudopygaster
            Menopygidae
            Infraclypeidae
            Grasia
          Aulodonta
          Acroechinoidea
          Carinacea
        Perischoechinoidea
        Echinoidea incertae sedis
        Cidaroidea
        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