Purple Octopus - using citizen science to discover marine interactions

Search


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).

Search for a Species
Browse For a Marine Species
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
        Podocopa
          Podocopida
            Bairdiocopina
            Cytherocopina
              Cytheroidea
                Bythocytheridae
                Cuneocytheridae
                Cushmanideidae
                Cytherettidae
                Cytheridae
                  Cobancythere
                  Cythere
                  Cythereis
                    Cythereis amnicola
                    Cythereis polygonata
                    Cythereis tuberculata
                    Cythereis echinata
                    Cythereis arenicola
                    Cythereis canadensis
                    Cythereis concinna
                    Cythereis dawsoni
                    Cythereis dunelmensis
                    Cythereis emarginata
                    Cythereis leioderma
                    Cythereis procteri
                    Cythereis villosa
                    Cythereis jonesi
                    Cythereis angulata
                    Cythereis fidicula
                    Cythereis finmarchica
                    Cythereis navicula
                    Cythereis convoluta
                    Cythereis giesbrechtii
                    Cythereis glauca
                    Cythereis gravizea
                    Cythereis hamata
                    Cythereis incerta
                    Cythereis keutapangensis
                    Cythereis quadriserialis
                    Cythereis scotti
                    Cythereis torticollis
                    Cythereis tricristata
                    Cythereis vandijki
                    Cythereis maculata
                    Cythereis longiductus
                    Cythereis incerta
                    Cythereis abyssicola
                    Cythereis aurita
                    Cythereis margaritifera
                    Cythereis polylyca
                    Cythereis prava
                    Cythereis reticulata
                    Cythereis vineyardensis
                    Cythereis devexa
                    Cythereis exanthemata
                    Cythereis crenulata
                    Cythereis quadridentata
                    Cythereis bermudezi
                    Cythereis kerguelensis
                    Cythereis marwicki
                    Cythereis hazelae
                    Cythereis (Procythereis)
                    Cythereis (Pseudocythereis)
                        Cythereis (Pseudocythereis) spinifera
                    Cythereis consors
                  Cytherideis
                  Palmenella
                  Paracytheridea
                  Austrocythere
                  Gangamocytheridea
                  Schizocythere
                  Abditacythere
                  Asymmetricythere
                  Delamarcythere
                  Dampiercythere
                  Eopaijenborchella
                  Hanaiborchella
                  Jankeijcythere
                  Javanella
                  Loxocythere
                  Microcytheridea
                  Paijenborchella
                  Paijenborchellina
                  Patagonacythere
                  Pseudocytheretta
                  Posacythere
                  Profundocythere
                  Spinileberis
                Cytherideidae
                Cytheroidea incertae sedis
                Cytheromatidae
                Cytheruridae
                Eucytheridae
                Hemicytheridae
                Krithidae
                Leptocytheridae
                Limnocytheridae
                Loxoconchidae
                Microcytheridae
                Neocytherideidae
                Paracytherideidae
                Paradoxostomatidae
                Trachyleberididae
                Xestoleberididae
                Xestoleberidae
                Terrestricytheridae
                Entocytheridae
                Australocytherideidae
                Cobanocytheridae
                Cytheralisonidae
                Kliellidae
                Osticytheridae
                Paracytheridae
                Parvocytheridae
                Pectocytheridae
                Protocytheridae
                Psammocytheridae
                Saididae
                Schizocytheridae
                Speluncellidae
                Thaerocytheridae
                Bonaducecytheridae
                Progonocytheridae
                Flexuocythere
            Cypridocopina
            Sigilliocopina
          Platycopida
          Palaeocopida
        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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera