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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.

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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
                Gammarida
                  Acanthonotozomatidae
                  Amathillopsidae
                  Ampeliscidae
                  Amphilochidae
                  Anisogammaridae
                  Argissidae
                  Astyridae
                  Biancolinidae
                  Bogidiellidae
                  Carangoliopsidae
                  Cheluridae
                  Colomastigidae
                  Cressidae
                  Dexaminidae
                  Epimeriidae
                  Gammaracanthidae
                  Gammaridae
                  Haustoriidae
                  Hyperiopsidae
                  Iphimediidae
                  Lafystiidae
                  Laphystiopsidae
                  Lepechinellidae
                  Leucothoidae
                  Liljeborgiidae
                  Megaluropidae
                  Melitidae
                  Melphidippidae
                  Odiidae
                  Oedicerotidae
                  Pardaliscidae
                  Phoxocephalidae
                  Pleustidae
                  Pontoporeiidae
                  Sebidae
                  Stegocephalidae
                  Stenothoidae
                    Hardometopa
                    Microstenothoe
                    Montagua
                    Thaumatelsoninae
                    Stenothoinae
                      Hardametopa
                      Mesometopa
                      Metopa
                          Metopa abyssalis
                          Metopa aequicornis
                          Metopa affinis
                          Metopa alderi
                          Metopa boeckii
                          Metopa borealis
                          Metopa bruzelii
                          Metopa cariana
                          Metopa clypeata
                          Metopa glacialis
                          Metopa groenlandica
                          Metopa invalida
                          Metopa latimana
                          Metopa leptocarpa
                          Metopa longicornis
                          Metopa norvegica
                          Metopa palmata
                          Metopa pollexiana
                          Metopa propinqua
                          Metopa pusilla
                          Metopa robusta
                          Metopa sinuata
                          Metopa solsbergi
                          Metopa spectabilis
                          Metopa spitzbergensis
                          Metopa tenuimana
                          Metopa wiesei
                          Metopa spinicoxa
                          Metopa longirama
                          Metopa gurjanovae
                          Metopa shoemakeri
                          Metopa submajuscula
                          Metopa uschakovi
                          Metopa abyssi
                          Metopa angustimana
                          Metopa beringiensis
                          Metopa bulychevae
                          Metopa cistella
                          Metopa colliei
                          Metopa cristata
                          Metopa dawsoni
                          Metopa derjugini
                          Metopa eupraxiae
                          Metopa exuigua
                          Metopa hearni
                          Metopa japonica
                          Metopa kobjakovae
                          Metopa koreana
                          Metopa layi
                          Metopa longipalpa
                          Metopa majuscula
                          Metopa mirifica
                          Metopa normani
                          Metopa quadrangula
                          Metopa samsiluna
                          Metopa stelleri
                          Metopa timonovi
                          Metopa torbeni
                          Metopa tuberculata
                          Metopa gigas
                          Metopa gregaria
                      Metopella
                      Parametopa
                      Proboloides
                      Stenothoe
                      Stenothoides
                      Stenula
                      Parametopella
                      Metopelloides
                      Mesoproboloides
                      Metopoides
                      Paraprobolisca
                      Probolisca
                      Prometopa
                      Scaphodactylus
                      Torometopa
                      Aurometopa
                      Sandrothoe
                      Goratelson
                      Knysmetopa
                      Prostenothoe
                      Synkope
                      Vonimetopa
                      Wallametopa
                      Zaikometopa
                      Malvinometopa
                      Victometopa
                  Synopiidae
                  Urothoidae
                  Valettiidae
                  Atylidae
                  Tironidae
                  Bateidae
                  Clarenciidae
                  Lysianassoidea
                  Didymocheliidae
                  Eusiroidea
                  Pagetinidae
                  Phoxocephalopsidae
                  Pseudamphilochidae
                  Stilipedidae
                  Exoedicerotidae
                  Iphimedioidea
                  Acanthonotozomellidae
                  Ochlesidae
                  Trischizostomatidae
                  Paramphitoidae
                  Dikwidae
                  Urohaustoriidae
                  Zobrachoidae
                  Hadziidae
                  Platyischnopidae
                  Cyproideidae
                  Vicmusiidae
                  Cheidae
                  Lysianassidae s.l.
                  Cardenioidae
                  Alicellidae
                  Valettiopsidae
                  Maeridae
                  Miramarassidae
                  Thurstonellidae
                Talitrida
                Sicafodiidae
              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
Monera