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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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