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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
            Veneroidea
              Veneridae
                  Turtoniinae
                  Petricolinae
                  Callista
                  Chamelea
                  Clausinella
                  Clementia
                  Dosinia
                  Gafrarium
                  Globivenus
                  Gouldia
                  Irus
                  Liocyma
                  Mercenaria
                  Paphia
                  Pitar
                  Tapes
                  Timoclea
                  Venerupis
                  Venus
                  Venerinae
                  Circomphalus
                    Circomphalus casina
                    Circomphalus strigillinus
                  Chioninae
                  Pitarinae
                  Tapetinae
                  Dosiniinae
                  Cyclinella
                  Circenita
                  Antigona
                  Periglypta
                  Amiantis
                  Ruditapes
                  Polititapes
                  Bonartemis
                  Agriopoma
                  Gouldiinae
                  Cytheraea
                  Dosina
              Neoleptonidae
              Turtoniidae
              Petricolidae
            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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