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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
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
              Hyperiidea
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
                Caprellida
                  Ischyroceridae
                  Photidae
                  Phtisicidae
                  Protellidae
                  Caprelloidea
                    Caprellidae
                    Isaeidae
                    Podoceridae
                      Laetmatophilus
                      Parunciola
                      Podocerus
                        Podocerus chelonophilus
                        Podocerus cristatus
                        Podocerus falcata
                        Podocerus schieckei
                        Podocerus variegatus
                        Podocerus hystrix
                        Podocerus africanus
                        Podocerus multispinis
                            Podocerus multispinis levis
                        Podocerus brasiliensis
                        Podocerus inconspicuus
                        Podocerus capillimanus
                        Podocerus danae
                        Podocerus septemcarinatus
                        Podocerus jareckii
                        Podocerus sandroruffoi
                        Podocerus kleidus
                        Podocerus cuspiclunis
                        Podocerus andamaniensis
                        Podocerus casuarinensis
                        Podocerus cheloniae
                        Podocerus crenulatus
                        Podocerus fissipes
                        Podocerus fulanus
                        Podocerus gloriosae
                        Podocerus hanapepe
                        Podocerus hoonsooi
                        Podocerus palinuri
                        Podocerus karu
                        Podocerus laevis
                        Podocerus lazowasemi
                        Podocerus lobatus
                        Podocerus madagascarensis
                        Podocerus manawatu
                        Podocerus mangarevae
                        Podocerus palinuroides
                        Podocerus pyurae
                        Podocerus senegalensis
                        Podocerus hystricoides
                        Podocerus spongicolus
                        Podocerus tachyrheo
                        Podocerus talegus
                        Podocerus tuberculosus
                        Podocerus tulearensis
                        Podocerus ulreungensis
                        Podocerus umigame
                        Podocerus uncinatus
                        Podocerus darwinii
                        Podocerus walkeri
                        Podocerus wanganui
                        Podocerus zeylanicus
                      Xenodice
                      Neoxenodice
                      Cyrtophium
                      Leipsuropus
                      Podobothrus
                    Cyamidae
                    Pariambidae
                    Dulichiidae
                    Caprogammaridae
                  Phtisicoidea
                  Rakiroidae
                  Paragammaropsidae
                  Kamakidae
                Corophiida
              Neomegamphopidae
              Iciliidae
              Iulopididae
              Kuriidae
              Maxillipiidae
              Paracalliopiidae
              Pleioplateidae
              Podoprionidae
              Priscillinidae
              Priscomilitaridae
              Prolanceolidae
              Regaliidae
              Sinurothoidae
              Sternophysingidae
            Cumacea
            Thermosbaenacea
            Mysidacea
            Mysida
            Lophogastrida
            Anisopoda
        Hoplocarida
      Ostracoda
      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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