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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.

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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
          Rissooidea
            Hydrobiidae
            Assimineidae
            Iravadiidae
            Rissoidae
            Tornidae
                Circulus
                Teinostoma
                Discopsis
                Tornus
                Vitrinella
                  Vitrinella annulifera
                  Vitrinella kaykayae
                  Vitrinella georgiana
                  Vitrinella massarita
                  Vitrinella rhyssa
                  Vitrinella agulhasensis
                  Vitrinella anneliesae
                  Vitrinella anomala
                  Vitrinella calliglypta
                  Vitrinella carinifex
                  Vitrinella cerion
                  Vitrinella cupidinensis
                  Vitrinella cyclostomoides
                  Vitrinella elegans
                  Vitrinella bifilata
                  Vitrinella campylochila
                  Vitrinella dalli
                  Vitrinella fortaxis
                  Vitrinella goniomphala
                  Vitrinella guaymasensis
                  Vitrinella lucasana
                  Vitrinella magister
                  Vitrinella margarita
                  Vitrinella martensiana
                  Vitrinella modesta
                  Vitrinella multispiralis
                  Vitrinella naticoides
                  Vitrinella ponceliana
                  Vitrinella proxima
                  Vitrinella stephensae
                  Vitrinella subquadrata
                  Vitrinella tiburonensis
                  Vitrinella zonitoides
                  Vitrinella berryi
                  Vitrinella columbiana
                  Vitrinella eshnaurae
                  Vitrinella oldroydi
                  Vitrinella smithi
                  Vitrinella stearnsi
                  Vitrinella williamsoni
                Neusas
                Torninae
                Circulinae
                Teinostomatinae
                Vitrinellinae
                Scissilabra
                Scrupus
                Elachorbis
            Adeorbidae
            Caecidae
            Truncatellidae
            Barleeidae
            Anabathridae
            Elachisinidae
            Trochaclididae
            Calopiidae
            Cochliopidae
            Emblandidae
            Epigridae
            Falsicingulidae
            Hydrococcidae
            Barleeiidae
          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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