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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
      Protobranchia
      Pteriomorphia
        Arcoida
        Mytiloida
        Pterioida
        Ostreoida
        Limoida
        Pteriomorpha incertae sedis
        Eupteriomorphia
        Pectinoida
          Pectinoidea
            Pectinidae
            Spondylidae
            Propeamussiidae
                Arctinula
                Cyclopecten
                  Cyclopecten brundisiensis
                  Cyclopecten hoskynsi
                  Cyclopecten imbrifer
                  Cyclopecten antiquatus
                  Cyclopecten ambiannulatus
                  Cyclopecten capeverdensis
                  Cyclopecten cincinnatus
                  Cyclopecten vimineus
                  Cyclopecten multistriatus
                  Cyclopecten acutus
                  Cyclopecten barbarensis
                  Cyclopecten benthalis
                  Cyclopecten cancellus
                  Cyclopecten carlottensis
                  Cyclopecten exquisitus
                  Cyclopecten fluctuosus
                  Cyclopecten horridus
                  Cyclopecten kapalae
                  Cyclopecten nakaii
                  Cyclopecten nipponensis
                  Cyclopecten pellucidulus
                  Cyclopecten powelli
                  Cyclopecten ryukyuensis
                  Cyclopecten simplex
                  Cyclopecten textus
                  Cyclopecten zephyrus
                  Cyclopecten vidalense
                  Cyclopecten aequatorialis
                  Cyclopecten bistriatus
                  Cyclopecten catalinensis
                  Cyclopecten cocosensis
                  Cyclopecten culebrensis
                  Cyclopecten davidsoni
                  Cyclopecten distinctus
                  Cyclopecten incongruus
                  Cyclopecten kermadecensis
                  Cyclopecten leptaleus
                  Cyclopecten liriope
                  Cyclopecten reticulus
                  Cyclopecten ringnesia
                  Cyclopecten subhyalinus
                  Cyclopecten thalassinus
                  Cyclopecten thyrideus
                  Cyclopecten nanus
                  Cyclopecten favus
                  Cyclopecten mestayerae
                  Cyclopecten knudseni
                  Cyclopecten squamiformis
                  Cyclopecten argenteus
                  Cyclopecten fluctuatus
                  Cyclopecten (Cyclochlamys)
                  Cyclopecten (Hyalopecten)
                  Cyclopecten (Cyclopecten)
                  Cyclopecten pernomus
                  Cyclopecten falklandicus
                Propeamussium
                Similipecten
                Parvamussium
                Bathypecten
                Catillopecten
                Paramusium
                Occultamussium
                Pseudopalliorum
                Bathymussium
                Micramussium
                Flavamussium
                Luteamussium
                Variamussium
                Ctenamusium
                Glyptamusium
                Squamamussium
                Polynemamussium
                Amussium
                Xenamussium
          Anomioidea
          Plicatuloidea
          Dimyoidea
      Heterodonta
      Palaeoheterodonta
    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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera