Sealife guideThe taxonomy of marine species
Find all data related to our sea plants as well as our sea animals listed according to the phylogenetic tree, with the name of the phylum to which they belong, the class, the order, the family, the common name and to finish the scientific name itself made by the genus name followed by the specie name !
In opposite to common names, the scientific name is unique and same whatever the language. Thus it provides a unique name to make sure people are referring to the same marine specie. This is not the case with common names.
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Explore the list of our 987 marine species, either sea plants or sea animals, listed on our auxBulles website according to the following classification format:
Phylum name
Class name
Order name
Family name
Start your search by either selecting in our form the phylum you are interested in from our list of proposed phyla or by filling in the various fields related to the marine specie your are looking for !
The sealife guide of marines species per phylum
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