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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.

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).

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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
          Muricoidea
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
            Drilliidae
            Mangeliidae
                Bela
                  Bela brachystoma
                  Bela costulata
                  Bela cycladensis
                  Bela decussata
                  Bela laevigata
                  Bela menkhorsti
                  Bela nebula
                  Bela oceanica
                  Bela ornata
                  Bela septenvillei
                  Bela zonata
                  Bela fuscata
                  Bela powisiana
                  Bela clarae
                  Bela exilis
                  Bela mingoranceae
                  Bela minuta
                  Bela alma
                  Bela anna
                  Bela ardovinii
                  Bela bella
                  Bela blaneyi
                  Bela brachystomum
                  Bela chuni
                  Bela confusa
                  Bela decussatum
                  Bela fortis
                  Bela laevigatum
                  Bela oceanicum
                  Bela turgida
                  Bela zenetouae
                  Bela zonatum
                  Bela africana
                  Bela taprurensis
                  Bela erosa
                Benthomangelia
                Fehria
                Mangelia
                Obesotoma
                Oenopota
                Curtitoma
                Brachycythara
                Agathotoma
                Heterocithara
                Villiersiella
                Kyllinia
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
            Conorbidae
            Terebridae
            Oenopotinae
            Clavatulidae
            Pseudomelatomidae
            Cochlespiridae
            Zemaciinae
          Buccinoidea
          Volutoidea
          Olivoidea
          Pseudolivoidea
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      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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Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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