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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
        Arcoida
        Mytiloida
        Pterioida
        Ostreoida
        Limoida
        Pteriomorpha incertae sedis
        Eupteriomorphia
        Pectinoida
          Pectinoidea
            Pectinidae
            Spondylidae
            Propeamussiidae
                Arctinula
                Cyclopecten
                Propeamussium
                Similipecten
                Parvamussium
                  Parvamussium fenestratum
                  Parvamussium propinquum
                  Parvamussium permirum
                  Parvamussium intuslaeve
                  Parvamussium siebenrocki
                  Parvamussium jeffreysii
                  Parvamussium toyoshiomaruae
                  Parvamussium araneum
                  Parvamussium biformatum
                  Parvamussium caesicium
                  Parvamussium cancellorum
                  Parvamussium carbaseum
                  Parvamussium crypticum
                  Parvamussium cassium
                  Parvamussium conspectum
                  Parvamussium intuslaevis
                  Parvamussium decoratum
                  Parvamussium aldeynzeri
                  Parvamussium toyoshiomaruae
                  Parvamussium lozoueti
                  Parvamussium maorium
                  Parvamussium marquesanum
                  Parvamussium multiliratum
                  Parvamussium musorstomi
                  Parvamussium polynesianum
                  Parvamussium retiaculum
                  Parvamussium retiolum
                  Parvamussium squalidulum
                  Parvamussium undisonum
                  Parvamussium undosum
                  Parvamussium vesiculatum
                  Parvamussium virgatum
                  Parvamussium alaskense
                  Parvamussium dautzenbergi
                  Parvamussium diomedeum
                  Parvamussium formosum
                  Parvamussium holmesii
                  Parvamussium intuscostatum
                  Parvamussium marmoratum
                  Parvamussium molokaium
                  Parvamussium nesiotum
                  Parvamussium obliquum
                  Parvamussium octodecimliratum
                  Parvamussium pailoloum
                  Parvamussium pauciliratum
                  Parvamussium pourtalesianum
                  Parvamussium sayanum
                  Parvamussium scitulum
                  Parvamussium sinense
                  Parvamussium squamigerum
                  Parvamussium texturatum
                  Parvamussium thetidis
                  Parvamussium vidalense
                  Parvamussium torresi
                  Parvamussium kauaium
                  Parvamussium (Polynemamussium)
                  Parvamussium (Parvamussium)
                Bathypecten
                Catillopecten
                Paramusium
                Occultamussium
                Pseudopalliorum
                Bathymussium
                Micramussium
                Flavamussium
                Luteamussium
                Variamussium
                Ctenamusium
                Glyptamusium
                Squamamussium
                Polynemamussium
                Amussium
                Xenamussium
          Anomioidea
          Plicatuloidea
          Dimyoidea
      Heterodonta
      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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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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