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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
            Glossoidea
              Glossidae
              Kelliellidae
              Vesicomyidae
                  Isorropodon
                  Vesicomya
                    Vesicomya atlantica
                    Vesicomya crenulomarginata
                    Vesicomya kaikoae
                    Vesicomya kuroshimana
                    Vesicomya abyssicola
                    Vesicomya adamsi
                    Vesicomya albida
                    Vesicomya brevis
                    Vesicomya bruuni
                    Vesicomya donacia
                    Vesicomya galatheae
                    Vesicomya indica
                    Vesicomya katsuae
                    Vesicomya laevis
                    Vesicomya nakaii
                    Vesicomya nitida
                    Vesicomya pacifica
                    Vesicomya profundi
                    Vesicomya sergeevi
                    Vesicomya sirenkoi
                    Vesicomya sumatrana
                    Vesicomya sundaensis
                    Vesicomya tasmanensis
                    Vesicomya rotunda
                  Callogonia
                  Calyptogena
                  Pleurophopsis
            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
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