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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
              Bothidae
              Citharidae
              Cynoglossidae
              Pleuronectidae
              Scophthalmidae
              Soleidae
                Bathysolea
                Buglossidium
                Dicologlossa
                Microchirus
                Monochirus
                Pegusa
                Solea
                Synaptura
                Achiroides
                Aseraggodes
                    Aseraggodes auroculus
                    Aseraggodes bahamondei
                    Aseraggodes borehami
                    Aseraggodes brevirostris
                    Aseraggodes cyaneus
                    Aseraggodes cyclurus
                    Aseraggodes diringeri
                    Aseraggodes dubius
                    Aseraggodes filiger
                    Aseraggodes firmisquamis
                    Aseraggodes guttulatus
                    Aseraggodes haackeanus
                    Aseraggodes heemstrai
                    Aseraggodes heraldi
                    Aseraggodes herrei
                    Aseraggodes holcomi
                    Aseraggodes jenny
                    Aseraggodes kaianus
                    Aseraggodes kobensis
                    Aseraggodes lateralis
                    Aseraggodes lenisquamis
                    Aseraggodes macleayanus
                    Aseraggodes magnoculus
                    Aseraggodes melanostictus
                    Aseraggodes microlepidotus
                    Aseraggodes nigrocirratus
                    Aseraggodes normani
                    Aseraggodes ocellatus
                    Aseraggodes pelvicus
                    Aseraggodes persimilis
                    Aseraggodes ramsaii
                    Aseraggodes sinusarabici
                    Aseraggodes steinitzi
                    Aseraggodes texturatus
                    Aseraggodes therese
                    Aseraggodes umbratilis
                    Aseraggodes whitakeri
                    Aseraggodes albidus
                    Aseraggodes beauforti
                    Aseraggodes chapleaui
                    Aseraggodes cheni
                    Aseraggodes corymbus
                    Aseraggodes kimurai
                    Aseraggodes longipinnis
                    Aseraggodes matsuurai
                    Aseraggodes orientalis
                    Aseraggodes satapoomini
                    Aseraggodes senoui
                    Aseraggodes suzumotoi
                    Aseraggodes winterbottomi
                    Aseraggodes xenicus
                    Aseraggodes zizette
                Brachirus
                Dagetichthys
                Liachirus
                Paradicula
                Phyllichthys
                Rendahlia
                Rhinosolea
                Soleichthys
                Strabozebrias
                Typhlachirus
                Vanstraelenia
                Achlyopa
                Capartella
                Coryphillus
                Dexillichthys
                Dexillus
                Dicologoglossa
                Echinosolea
                Eurypleura
                Microbuglossus
                Microchiropsis
                Monodichthys
                Pseudaesopia
                Quenselia
                Strandichthys
                Xenobuglossus
                Zevaia
                Asseraggodes
                Paradachirus
                Pordachirus
              Paralichthyidae
            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