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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
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
        Fissurelloidea
        Scissurelloidea
        Haliotoidea
        Trochoidea
          Trochidae
          Turbinidae
            Skeneinae
              Akritogyra
              Anekes
              Cirsonella
              Dikoleps
              Ganesa
              Granigyra
              Lissomphalia
              Lissotesta
              Mikro
              Palazzia
              Parviturbo
              Protolira
              Pseudorbis
              Retigyra
              Skenea
                  Skenea areolata
                  Skenea basistriata
                  Skenea catenoides
                  Skenea ferruginea
                  Skenea larseni
                  Skenea nilarum
                  Skenea ossiansarsi
                  Skenea pelagia
                  Skenea peterseni
                  Skenea polita
                  Skenea ponsonbyi
                  Skenea profunda
                  Skenea rugulosa
                  Skenea serpuloides
                  Skenea trochoides
                  Skenea turgida
                  Skenea valvatoides
                  Skenea nitens
                  Skenea divae
                  Skenea proxima
                  Skenea carmelensis
                  Skenea concordia
                  Skenea coronadoensis
                  Skenea californica
              Skeneoides
              Xyloskenea
              Dasyskenea
              Liotella
              Haplocochlias
              Notosetia
              Lodderia
              Tharsiella
              Putilla
              Bathyxylophila
              Crosseola
              Lissotestella
              Microcarina
              Philorene
              Tasmocrossea
              Zalipais
            Margaritinae
            Turbininae
            Prisogasterinae
            Skeneinae
            Tegulinae
          Cyclostrematidae
          Stomatellidae
          Liotiidae
          Calliostomatidae
          Solariellidae
          Skeneidae
        Seguenzioidea
        Angarioidea
        Phasianelloidea
        Turbinoidea
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      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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