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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
                  Acanthochitona crinita
                  Acanthochitona discrepans
                  Acanthochitona fascicularis
                  Acanthochitona communis
                  Acanthochitona gracilis
                  Acanthochitona crinitus
                  Acanthochitona mastalleri
                  Acanthochitona bouvieri
                  Acanthochitona subrubicunda
                  Acanthochitona zelandica
                  Acanthochitona penicillata
                  Acanthochitona garnoti
                  Acanthochitona achates
                  Acanthochitona andersoni
                  Acanthochitona angelica
                  Acanthochitona approximans
                  Acanthochitona armata
                  Acanthochitona arragonites
                  Acanthochitona astrigera
                  Acanthochitona avicula
                  Acanthochitona balesae
                  Acanthochitona bednalli
                  Acanthochitona biformis
                  Acanthochitona bisulcata
                  Acanthochitona brookesi
                  Acanthochitona brunoi
                  Acanthochitona burghardtae
                  Acanthochitona byungdoni
                  Acanthochitona circellata
                  Acanthochitona ciroi
                  Acanthochitona complanata
                  Acanthochitona coxi
                  Acanthochitona defilippii
                  Acanthochitona dissimilis
                  Acanthochitona exquisita
                  Acanthochitona ferreirai
                  Acanthochitona gatliffi
                  Acanthochitona granostriata
                  Acanthochitona hemphilli
                  Acanthochitona imperatrix
                  Acanthochitona intermedia
                  Acanthochitona joallesi
                  Acanthochitona jucunda
                  Acanthochitona jugotenuis
                  Acanthochitona kimberi
                  Acanthochitona leopoldi
                  Acanthochitona limbata
                  Acanthochitona lineata
                  Acanthochitona macrocystialis
                  Acanthochitona mahensis
                  Acanthochitona minuta
                  Acanthochitona noumeaensis
                  Acanthochitona pelicanensis
                  Acanthochitona penetrans
                  Acanthochitona pilsbryi
                  Acanthochitona pygmaea
                  Acanthochitona quincunx
                  Acanthochitona retrojecta
                  Acanthochitona rhodea
                  Acanthochitona roseojugum
                  Acanthochitona rubrolineata
                  Acanthochitona saundersi
                  Acanthochitona scutigera
                  Acanthochitona shaskyi
                  Acanthochitona shirleyi
                  Acanthochitona sibogae
                  Acanthochitona sueurii
                  Acanthochitona terezae
                  Acanthochitona thackwayi
                  Acanthochitona thileniusi
                  Acanthochitona variegata
                  Acanthochitona venezuelana
                  Acanthochitona viridis
                  Acanthochitona woodwardi
                  Acanthochitona worsfoldi
                  Acanthochitona zebra
                  Acanthochitona hirudiniformis
                      Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis
                      Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana
                  Acanthochitona oblonga
                  Acanthochitona alisonae
                  Acanthochitona burhardtae
                  Acanthochitona bonairensis
                  Acanthochitona spiculosa
                Craspedochiton
                Cryptoconchus
                Choneplax
                Notoplax
                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
Monera