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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
            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
              Balistidae
              Diodontidae
              Molidae
              Monacanthidae
              Ostraciidae
              Tetraodontidae
                Canthigaster
                    Canthigaster rostrata
                    Canthigaster sanctaehelenae
                    Canthigaster amboinensis
                    Canthigaster coronata
                    Canthigaster rivulata
                    Canthigaster bennetti
                    Canthigaster janthinoptera
                    Canthigaster tyleri
                    Canthigaster smithae
                    Canthigaster pygmaea
                    Canthigaster solandri
                    Canthigaster margaritata
                    Canthigaster valentini
                    Canthigaster capistrata
                    Canthigaster callisterna
                    Canthigaster compressa
                    Canthigaster cyanetron
                    Canthigaster epilampra
                    Canthigaster figueiredoi
                    Canthigaster flavoreticulata
                    Canthigaster inframacula
                    Canthigaster investigatoris
                    Canthigaster jactator
                    Canthigaster jamestyleri
                    Canthigaster leoparda
                    Canthigaster marquesensis
                    Canthigaster natalensis
                    Canthigaster ocellicincta
                    Canthigaster papua
                    Canthigaster punctata
                    Canthigaster punctatissima
                    Canthigaster rapaensis
                    Canthigaster supramacula
                    Canthigaster cyanospilota
                Ephippion
                Lagocephalus
                Sphoeroides
                Auriglobus
                Carinotetraodon
                Chonerhinos
                Colomesus
                Contusus
                Feroxodon
                Fugu
                Guentheridia
                Javichthys
                Liosaccus
                Marilyna
                Monotretus
                Omegophora
                Polyspina
                Reicheltia
                Tetractenos
                Xenopterus
                Anchisomus
                Aphanacanthus
                Boesemanichthys
                Canthogaster
                Cheilichthys
                Chelonodontops
                Crayracion
                Dilobomycter
                Dichotomycter
                Dilobmycterus
                Dilobomycterus
                Eumycterias
                Hemiconiatus
                Kanduka
                Leisomus
                Monotreta
                Ovoides
                Pleuranacanthus
                Psilonotus
                Sphaeroides
                Spheroides
                Tetrodon
                Thecapteryx
                Tropidichthys
                Uranostoma
                Dibolomycter
                Dibolomyctère
                Gastrophysis
                Amblyrhinchotes
                Amblyrhinchotus
                Aphanacanthe
                Cathigaster
                Cathingaster
                Chelondon
                Pleudranacanthus
                Sphoerodon
                Takyfugu
                Torguigener
            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