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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
                    Scutellidae
                      Parascutella
                      Reymondella
                      Samlandaster
                      Scaphechinus
                      Scutella
                          Scutella affinis
                          Scutella ambigena
                          Scutella augusti
                          Scutella aurita
                          Scutella bifissa
                          Scutella bifora
                          Scutella biforis
                          Scutella bilinearifora
                          Scutella cassidulina
                          Scutella decadactylos
                          Scutella decagona
                          Scutella decagonalis
                          Scutella dentata
                          Scutella digitata
                          Scutella emarginata
                          Scutella excentrica
                          Scutella gaultieri
                          Scutella hexapora
                          Scutella inaurita
                          Scutella japonica
                          Scutella laganum
                          Scutella latissimus
                          Scutella mirabilis
                          Scutella octodactylos
                          Scutella parma
                          Scutella pentapora
                          Scutella placenta
                          Scutella placunaria
                          Scutella quadrifora
                          Scutella quinquefora
                          Scutella quinqueloba
                          Scutella radiata
                          Scutella reticulatus
                          Scutella rumphii
                          Scutella semisol
                          Scutella sexforis
                          Scutella trifara
                          Scutella aberti
                          Scutella cazonensis
                          Scutella habanensis
                          Scutella floridana
                      Scutulum
                      Chaetodiscus
                    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
Plantae
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Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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