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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.

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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
    Anthozoa
    Hydrozoa
      Hydroidolina
        Siphonophorae
        Anthoathecata
        Leptothecata
          Conica
            Aglaopheniidae
            Campanulinidae
            Haleciidae
            Lafoeidae
            Laodiceidae
            Lovenellidae
            Phialellidae
            Plumulariidae
            Sertulariidae
                Abietinaria
                Amphisbetia
                  Amphisbetia operculata
                  Amphisbetia bidens
                  Amphisbetia rectitheca
                  Amphisbetia avia
                  Amphisbetia bispinosa
                  Amphisbetia brevis
                  Amphisbetia elegans
                  Amphisbetia episcopus
                  Amphisbetia fasciculata
                  Amphisbetia geminata
                  Amphisbetia grossedentata
                  Amphisbetia heteromorpha
                  Amphisbetia irregularis
                  Amphisbetia maplestonei
                  Amphisbetia mccallumi
                  Amphisbetia megalocarpa
                  Amphisbetia minima
                  Amphisbetia minuscula
                  Amphisbetia minuta
                  Amphisbetia norte
                  Amphisbetia olseni
                  Amphisbetia pacifica
                  Amphisbetia recta
                  Amphisbetia simplex
                  Amphisbetia trispinosa
                  Amphisbetia trochocarpa
                  Amphisbetia unguiculata
                  Amphisbetia bicuspidata
                  Amphisbetia pulchella
                  Amphisbetia clarkii
                  Amphisbetia ramosissima
                  Amphisbetia furcata
                Cnidoscyphus
                Diphasia
                Dynamena
                Hydrallmania
                Salacia
                Selaginopsis
                Sertularella
                Sertularia
                Symplectoscyphus
                Tamarisca
                Thuiaria
                Dymella
                Biseriaria
                Tridentata
                Pericladium
                Staurotheca
                Thyroscyphus
                Calamphora
                Caminothujaria
                Crateritheca
                Dictyocladium
                Fraseroscyphus
                Gigantotheca
                Gonaxia
                Hypopyxis
                Papilionella
                Stereotheca
                Tasmanaria
                Geminella
                Diphasis
                Monopoma
                Diphasiella
                Idiella
                Idia
                Pasya
            Aequoreidae
            Mitrocomidae
            Eirenidae
            Eucheilotidae
            Tiarannidae
            Barcinididae
            Blackfordiidae
            Dipleurosomatidae
            Halopterididae
            Kirchenpaueriidae
            Malagazziidae
            Melicertidae
            Orchistomidae
            Tiaropsidae
            Syntheciidae
            Hebellidae
            Teclaiidae
            Cirrholoveniidae
            Clathrozoidae
            Lineolariidae
            Octocannoididae
            Sugiuridae
          Proboscoida
        Laingiomedusae
        Anthomedusae
        Leptomedusae
        Gymnoblastea
        Athecata
        Thecata
        Siphonophora
      Trachylinae
      Hydroida
      Leptolinae
    Cnidaria incertae sedis
    Cubozoa
    Scyphozoa
    Staurozoa
  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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Chromista
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