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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
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
          Cerithioidea
          Heteroglossa
          Cerithiopsoidea
          Triphoroidea
          Epitonioidea
            Epitoniidae
              Acirsa
              Acrilloscala
              Alora
              Cirsotrema
                  Cirsotrema cochlea
                  Cirsotrema cloveri
                  Cirsotrema excelsum
                  Cirsotrema herosae
                  Cirsotrema richeri
                  Cirsotrema zografakisi
                  Cirsotrema intextum
                  Cirsotrema benettorum
                  Cirsotrema ernestoilaoi
                  Cirsotrema amamiense
                  Cirsotrema amplsum
                  Cirsotrema browni
              Claviscala
              Cycloscala
              Cylindriscala
              Epitonium
              Gregorioiscala
              Gyroscala
              Opalia
              Periapta
              Punctiscala
              Epitoniinae
            Janthinidae
            Nystiellidae
          Eulimoidea
          Ampullarioidea
          Campaniloidea
          Ptenoglossa
        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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Fungi
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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