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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
    Crustacea
      Remipedia
      Branchiopoda
      Maxillopoda
      Malacostraca
        Eumalacostraca
          Eucarida
          Peracarida
            Isopoda
            Tanaidacea
            Amphipoda
              Hyperiidea
                Physosomata
                  Scinoidea
                    Mimonectidae
                    Scinidae
                      Acanthoscina
                      Scina
                          Scina borealis
                          Scina crassicornis
                          Scina lepisma
                          Scina marginata
                          Scina megameros
                          Scina rattrayi
                          Scina spinosa
                          Scina submarginata
                          Scina tullbergi
                          Scina uncipes
                          Scina stenopus
                          Scina wolterecki
                          Scina pusilla
                          Scina nana
                          Scina excisa
                          Scina typhlops
                          Scina antarctica
                          Scina oedicarpus
                          Scina vosseleri
                          Scina curvidactyla
                          Scina damasi
                          Scina similis
                          Scina uncipes
                          Scina alberti
                          Scina chelata
                          Scina curilensis
                            Scina curilensis curilensis
                            Scina curilensis hawaiensis
                          Scina curvidactyloides
                          Scina exospina
                          Scina hawaiensis
                          Scina incerta
                          Scina indica
                          Scina inermis
                          Scina lamperti
                          Scina langhansi
                          Scina latifrons
                          Scina pubera
                          Scina setigera
                          Scina stebbingi
                          Scina wagleri
                      Ctenoscina
                      Cheloscina
                      Spinoscina
                    Proscinidae
                  Lanceoloidea
                  Archaeoscinoidea
                Physocephalata
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
              Ingolfiellidea
              Corophiidea
              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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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