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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
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
        Patelloidea
        Nacelloidea
        Lottioidea
          Acmaeidae
          Lepetidae
          Lottiidae
            Tectura
            Collisella
            Patelloida
              Patelloida profunda
                  Patelloida profunda albonotata
                  Patelloida profunda profunda
              Patelloida perfestiva
              Patelloida javanica
              Patelloida ryukyuensis
              Patelloida alticostata
              Patelloida conulus
              Patelloida corticata
              Patelloida heroldi
              Patelloida insignis
              Patelloida latistrigata
              Patelloida lentiginosa
              Patelloida mimula
              Patelloida nigrosulcata
              Patelloida pygmaea
              Patelloida saccharinoides
              Patelloida signata
              Patelloida striata
              Patelloida lanx
              Patelloida garuda
              Patelloida pseudopygmaea
              Patelloida lampanicola
              Patelloida exilis
              Patelloida inquilinus
              Patelloida perconica
              Patelloida garrettii
              Patelloida toloensis
            Testudinalia
            Lottiinae
            Tecturinae
            Acmaeinae
            Rhodopetalinae
          Nacellidae
          Neolepetopsidae
          Propilidiidae
          Pectinodontidae
        Neolepetopsoidea
        Eoacmaeoidea
    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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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