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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
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
      Protobranchia
      Pteriomorphia
      Heterodonta
        Archiheterodonta
        Euheterodonta
          Veneroida
            Arcticoidea
            Galeommatoidea
            Cyamioidea
            Cardioidea
            Mactroidea
            Tellinoidea
              Tellinidae
              Donacidae
              Psammobiidae
              Semelidae
                  Scrobicularia
                  Abra
                    Abra alba
                    Abra longicallus
                    Abra nitida
                    Abra prismatica
                    Abra profundorum
                    Abra segmentum
                    Abra tenuis
                    Abra ovata
                    Abra fragilis
                    Abra intermedia
                    Abra renieri
                    Abra abra
                    Abra aequalis
                    Abra brasiliana
                    Abra sibogai
                    Abra aegyptiaca
                    Abra braziliensis
                    Abra seychellarum
                    Abra trotteriana
                    Abra kinoshitai
                  Ervilia
                  Semele
              Scrobiculariidae
              Solecurtinae
              Solecurtidae
            Glossoidea
            Veneroidea
            Chamoidea
            Ungulinoidea
            Gaimardioidea
            Hemidonacidae
          Myoida
          Anomalodesmata
          [unassigned] Euheterodonta
          Pholadomyoida
          Lucinoida
      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