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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
                  Scutelliformes
                    Echinarachniidae
                    Mellitidae
                      Mellita
                      Encope
                        Encope aberrans
                        Encope michelini
                        Encope (Mellitella)
                        Encope arcensis
                        Encope emarginata
                        Encope grandis
                        Encope laevis
                        Encope micropora
                        Encope perspectiva
                            Encope perspectiva jonesi
                        Encope wetmorei
                        Encope oblonga
                        Encope valenciennesi
                        Encope galapagensis
                        Encope pacifica
                        Encope agassizi
                        Encope californica
                        Encope cocosi
                        Encope cyclopora
                        Encope ecuadorensis
                        Encope fragilis
                        Encope ghiesbrechtii
                        Encope insularis
                        Encope irregularis
                        Encope nummularia
                        Encope occidentalis
                        Encope quinqueloba
                        Encope subclausa
                        Encope tetrapora
                        Encope stokesii
                      Leodia
                      Mellitella
                      Echinoglycus
                      Echinoglyphus
                      Desmoulinaster
                      Moulinia
                      Moulinsia
                      Ravenellia
                      Macrophora
                    Scutellidae
                    Astriclypeidae
                    Rotulidae
                    Abertellidae
                    Dendrasteridae
                    Eoscutellidae
                    Monophorasteridae
                    Protoscutellidae
                    Scutasteridae
                    Taiwanasteridae
                    Monphorasteridae
                  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
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Bacteria
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Archaea
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