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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
              Cardiidae
                Orthocardiinae
                Lymnocardiinae
                Cardiinae
                Tridacninae
                    Hippopus
                    Tridacna
                      Tridacna noae
                      Tridacna squamosa
                      Tridacna maxima
                      Tridacna (Chametrachea)
                      Tridacna ferruginea
                      Tridacna cumingii
                      Tridacna imbricata
                      Tridacna mutica
                      Tridacna rudis
                      Tridacna compressa
                      Tridacna lanceolata
                      Tridacna lamarcki
                      Tridacna reevei
                      Tridacna acuticostata
                      Tridacna troughtoni
                      Tridacna tevoroa
                      Tridacna (Tridacna)
                      Tridacna derasa
                      Tridacna serrifera
                      Tridacna obesa
                      Tridacna mbalavuana
                      Tridacna rosewateri
              Tridacnidae
            Mactroidea
            Tellinoidea
            Glossoidea
            Veneroidea
            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
Plantae
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Bacteria
Chromista
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Viruses
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