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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
              Caprellidea
              Gammaridea
                Gammarida
                Talitrida
                  Talitroidea
                    Hyalidae
                    Talitridae
                        Arcitalitrus
                        Macarorchestia
                        Orchestia
                        Orchestoidea
                        Platorchestia
                        Pseudorchestoidea
                        Talitrus
                        Talorchestia
                        Protorchestia
                        Chelorchestia
                        Uhlorchestia
                        Agilestia
                        Atlantorchestoidea
                        Australorchestia
                        Austrotroides
                          Austrotroides pectinalis
                          Austrotroides maritimus
                        Bellorchestia
                        Bousfieldia
                        Brevitalitrus
                        Caribitroides
                        Cariborchestia
                        Cerrorchestia
                        Chiltonorchestia
                        Cochinorchestia
                        Eorchestia
                        Floresorchestia
                        Hawaiorchestia
                        Kanikania
                        Keratroides
                        Makawe
                        Megalorchestia
                        Palmorchestia
                        Tasmanorchestia
                        Traskorchestia
                    Dogielinotidae
                  Phliantoidea
                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
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