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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
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
              Anguillidae
              Chlopsidae
              Congridae
              Derichthyidae
              Heterenchelyidae
              Muraenesocidae
              Muraenidae
              Nemichthyidae
              Nettastomatidae
              Ophichthidae
                Apterichtus
                Dalophis
                Echelus
                Ophichthus
                    Ophichthus ophis
                    Ophichthus rufus
                    Ophichthus cruentifer
                    Ophichthus puncticeps
                    Ophichthus marginatus
                    Ophichthus serpentinus
                    Ophichthus bonaparti
                    Ophichthus polyophthalmus
                    Ophichthus erabo
                    Ophichthus madagascariensis
                    Ophichthus echeloides
                    Ophichthus apicalis
                    Ophichthus unicolor
                    Ophichthus altipennis
                    Ophichthus apachus
                    Ophichthus aphotistos
                    Ophichthus arneutes
                    Ophichthus asakusae
                    Ophichthus brachynotopterus
                    Ophichthus brasiliensis
                    Ophichthus brevicaudatus
                    Ophichthus celebicus
                    Ophichthus cephalozona
                    Ophichthus cylindroideus
                    Ophichthus episcopus
                    Ophichthus evermanni
                    Ophichthus exourus
                    Ophichthus fasciatus
                    Ophichthus frontalis
                    Ophichthus garretti
                    Ophichthus genie
                    Ophichthus gomesii
                    Ophichthus grandoculis
                    Ophichthus hyposagmatus
                    Ophichthus karreri
                    Ophichthus kunaloa
                    Ophichthus leonensis
                    Ophichthus limkouensis
                    Ophichthus longipenis
                    Ophichthus macrochir
                    Ophichthus macrops
                    Ophichthus maculatus
                    Ophichthus manilensis
                    Ophichthus mecopterus
                    Ophichthus megalops
                    Ophichthus melanoporus
                    Ophichthus melope
                    Ophichthus menezesi
                    Ophichthus mystacinus
                    Ophichthus omorgmus
                    Ophichthus parilis
                    Ophichthus regius
                    Ophichthus remiger
                    Ophichthus rex
                    Ophichthus roseus
                    Ophichthus rotundus
                    Ophichthus rugifer
                    Ophichthus rutidoderma
                    Ophichthus singapurensis
                    Ophichthus spinicauda
                    Ophichthus stenopterus
                    Ophichthus tchangi
                    Ophichthus tetratrema
                    Ophichthus triserialis
                    Ophichthus tsuchidae
                    Ophichthus urolophus
                    Ophichthus woosuitingi
                    Ophichthus zophochir
                    Ophichthus microcephalus
                    Ophichthus pullus
                    Ophichthus brevirostris
                    Ophichthus lithinus
                Ophisurus
                Pisodonophis
              Serrivomeridae
              Synaphobranchidae
              Protanguillidae
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera