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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
      Ostracoda
        Myodocopa
          Myodocopida
          Halocyprida
            Halocypridina
            Cladocopina
              Polycopoidea
                Polycopidae
                  Pontopolycope
                  Polycopinae
                    Polycope
                    Pseudopolycope
                    Polycopetta
                    Archypolycope
                        Archypolycope arcys
                        Archypolycope horrida
                        Archypolycope semipunctata
                        Archypolycope bonaducei
                        Archypolycope cornea
                        Archypolycope rotunda
                        Archypolycope squalida
                        Archypolycope atlantica
                        Archypolycope brandtae
                        Archypolycope louisi
                        Archypolycope martinezi
                    Eupolycope
                    Micropolycope
                    Orthopolycope
                    Parapolycope
                    Parapolycopissa
                    Polycopiella
                    Polycopissa
                    Hyphalocope
                  Polycopsisinae
        Podocopa
        Palaeocopa
      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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Archaea
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