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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
        Littorinimorpha
          Littorinoidea
            Littorinidae
              Lacuninae
                Lacuna
                  Lacuna crassior
                  Lacuna pallidula
                      Lacuna pallidula var. patula
                  Lacuna parva
                  Lacuna vincta
                  Lacuna neritoidea
                  Lacuna puteolus
                  Lacuna turneri
                  Lacuna carinifera
                  Lacuna decorata
                  Lacuna latifasciata
                  Lacuna lepidula
                  Lacuna lukinii
                  Lacuna marmorata
                  Lacuna minor
                  Lacuna orientalis
                  Lacuna porrecta
                  Lacuna reflexa
                  Lacuna setonaikaiensis
                  Lacuna smithii
                  Lacuna succinea
                  Lacuna turrita
                  Lacuna uchidai
                  Lacuna unifasciata
                  Lacuna variegata
                  Lacuna cleicecabrale
                  Lacuna pumilio
                  Lacuna carinata
                Boetica
              Melaraphe
              Laevilitorininae
            Lacunidae
            Skeneopsidae
            Zerotulidae
            Pickworthiidae
            Pelycidiidae
          Rissooidea
          Stromboidea
          Hipponicoidea
          Crepiduloidea
          Xenophoroidea
          Cypraeoidea
          Heteropoda
          Naticoidea
          Tonnoidea
          Cassoidea
          Rissoacea
          Calyptraeoidea
          Capuloidea
          Vanikoroidea
          Cingulopsoidea
          Pterotracheoidea
          Velutinoidea
          Vermetoidea
          Ficoidea
        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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