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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
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
          Pyramidelloidea
          Rissoelloidea
          Cimidae
          Architectonicoidea
          Orbitestellidae
          Tjaernoiidae
          Tjaernoeidae
          Valvatoidea
          Tjaernoeiidae
          Acteonoidea
            Acteonidae
                Acteon
                  Acteon monterosatoi
                  Acteon tornatilis
                  Acteon candens
                  Acteon danaida
                  Acteon delicatus
                  Acteon incisus
                  Acteon perforatus
                  Acteon aphyodes
                  Acteon boteroi
                  Acteon buccinus
                  Acteon chauliodous
                  Acteon chrystomatus
                  Acteon cohibilis
                  Acteon comptus
                  Acteon editus
                  Acteon herosae
                  Acteon ionfasciatus
                  Acteon loyautensis
                  Acteon osexiguus
                  Acteon profundus
                  Acteon rhektos
                  Acteon ringiculoides
                  Acteon eloiseae
                  Acteon exiguus
                  Acteon biplicatus
                  Acteon elongatus
                  Acteon finlayi
                  Acteon hebes
                  Acteon juvenis
                  Acteon lacunatus
                  Acteon parallelus
                  Acteon particolor
                  Acteon pelecais
                  Acteon semicingulatus
                  Acteon semisculptus
                  Acteon splendidulus
                  Acteon castus
                  Acteon panamensis
                  Acteon traskii
                  Acteon venustus
                  Acteon fortis
                  Acteon variegatus
                  Acteon cebuanus
                Callostracon
                Crenilabium
                Inopinodon
                Japonacteon
                Liocarenus
                Tomlinula
                Crenilabrum
                Neactaeonina
                Acteoninae
                Maxacteon
                Tenuiactaeon
            Hydatinidae
            Aplustridae
            Bullinidae
          Ringiculoidea
          Siphonarioidea
          Architectibranchia
          Mathildoidea
          Omalogyroidea
          Nerineoidea
        Opisthobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  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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