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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
      Neoloricata
        Lepidopleurida
        Chitonida
          Ischnochitonina
          Acanthochitonina
            Cryptoplacoidea
              Acanthochitonidae
                Acanthochitona
                Craspedochiton
                Cryptoconchus
                Choneplax
                Notoplax
                    Notoplax (Notoplax)
                    Notoplax (Ikedaella)
                    Notoplax (Amblyplax)
                      Notoplax (Amblyplax) brookesi
                    Notoplax acutirostrata
                    Notoplax addenda
                    Notoplax aenigma
                    Notoplax alisonae
                    Notoplax arabica
                    Notoplax aupouria
                    Notoplax bergenhayni
                    Notoplax brookesi
                    Notoplax conica
                    Notoplax costata
                    Notoplax crocodila
                    Notoplax curiosa
                    Notoplax dallii
                    Notoplax facilis
                    Notoplax formosa
                    Notoplax gabrieli
                    Notoplax glauerti
                    Notoplax hilgendorfi
                    Notoplax hirta
                    Notoplax holosericea
                    Notoplax kaasi
                    Notoplax lancemilnei
                    Notoplax latalamina
                    Notoplax leuconota
                    Notoplax macandrewi
                    Notoplax magellanica
                    Notoplax mariae
                    Notoplax mayi
                    Notoplax richardi
                    Notoplax richeri
                    Notoplax rosea
                    Notoplax rostellata
                    Notoplax rubrostrata
                    Notoplax speciosa
                    Notoplax sphenorhyncha
                    Notoplax squamopleura
                    Notoplax subviridis
                    Notoplax tateyamaensis
                    Notoplax tridacna
                    Notoplax violacea
                    Notoplax websteri
                    Notoplax foresti
                    Notoplax floridanus
                    Notoplax curvisetosus
                    Notoplax döderleini
                Leptoplax
                Angasia
                Aristochiton
                Chitonellus
                Thaumastochiton
                Spongiochiton
                Onithochiton
              Cryptoplacidae
              Acanthochitidae
              Choriplacidae
              Hemiarthridae
            Mopalioidea
          Chitonina
    Gastropoda
    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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