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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
          Capitata
          Filifera
            Bougainvilliidae
              Aselomaris
              Bimeria
              Bougainvillia
                  Bougainvillia britannica
                  Bougainvillia charcoti
                  Bougainvillia flavida
                  Bougainvillia macloviana
                  Bougainvillia multicilia
                  Bougainvillia muscoides
                  Bougainvillia muscus
                  Bougainvillia principis
                  Bougainvillia pyramidata
                  Bougainvillia ramosa
                  Bougainvillia rugosa
                  Bougainvillia superciliaris
                  Bougainvillia nigritella
                  Bougainvillia alderi
                  Bougainvillia fructicosa
                  Bougainvillia carolinensis
                  Bougainvillia platygaster
                  Bougainvillia fulva
                  Bougainvillia niobe
                  Bougainvillia aberrans
                  Bougainvillia aurantiaca
                  Bougainvillia balei
                  Bougainvillia bitentaculata
                  Bougainvillia bougainvillei
                  Bougainvillia crassa
                  Bougainvillia dimorpha
                  Bougainvillia frondosa
                  Bougainvillia glorietta
                  Bougainvillia inaequalis
                  Bougainvillia involuta
                  Bougainvillia longicirra
                  Bougainvillia longistyla
                  Bougainvillia meinertiae
                  Bougainvillia multitentaculata
                  Bougainvillia paraplatygaster
                  Bougainvillia prolifera
                  Bougainvillia robusta
                  Bougainvillia simplex
                  Bougainvillia trinema
                  Bougainvillia vervoorti
                  Bougainvillia reticulata
                  Bougainvillia chenyapingii
                  Bougainvillia lamellata
                  Bougainvillia obscura
                  Bougainvillia fruticosa
                  Bougainvillia autumnalis
                  Bougainvillia obscura
                  Bougainvillia benedenii
                  Bougainvillia Gibbsi
                  Bougainvillia triestina
                  Bougainvillia yoldiaearcticae
                  Bougainvillia dinema
                  Bougainvillia xantha
                  Bougainvillia bella
                  Bougainvillia maniculata
                  Bougainvillia diplectanos
                  Bougainvillia octocilia
                  Bougainvillia allmanii
              Clavopsella
              Dicoryne
              Garveia
              Koellikerina
              Lizzella
              Nemopsis
              Nubiella
              Pachycordyle
              Rhizorhagium
              Thamnostoma
              Perigonimus
              Thieliana
              Chiarella
              Millardiana
              Parawrightia
              Silhouetta
              Calyptospadix
              Manicella
              Margelis
              Heterocordyle
              Pruvotella
              Gravelia
              Thamnitis
              Koellikeria
              Perigonymus
              Lizusa
            Clavidae
            Eudendriidae
            Hydractiniidae
            Pandeiidae
            Proboscidactylidae
            Pandeidae
            Rathkeidae
            Trichydridae
            Margelina
            Filifera incertae sedis
            Pandeida
            Calycopsidae
            Cytaeididae
            Niobiidae
            Ptilocodiidae
            Stylasteridae
            Laingiidae
            Protiaridae
            Russelliidae
            Bythotiaridae
            Oceaniidae
            Eucodoniidae
            Australomedusidae
            Balellidae
            Jeanbouilloniidae
            Platystomidae
            Tubiclavoididae
            Cordylophoridae
            Magapiidae
            Axoporidae
            Heterotentaculidae
          Anthoathecata incertae sedis
        Leptothecata
        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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera