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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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
          Pyramidelloidea
          Rissoelloidea
          Cimidae
          Architectonicoidea
          Orbitestellidae
          Tjaernoiidae
          Tjaernoeidae
          Valvatoidea
          Tjaernoeiidae
          Acteonoidea
          Ringiculoidea
          Siphonarioidea
          Architectibranchia
          Mathildoidea
          Omalogyroidea
            Omalogyridae
              Ammonicera
                  Ammonicera fischeriana
                  Ammonicera lignea
                  Ammonicera rota
                  Ammonicera rotundata
                  Ammonicera chosenica
                  Ammonicera shornikovi
                  Ammonicera vladirostokensis
                  Ammonicera albospeciosa
                  Ammonicera circumcirra
                  Ammonicera familiaris
                  Ammonicera lineofuscata
                  Ammonicera minortalis
                  Ammonicera sculpturata
                  Ammonicera vladivostokensis
                  Ammonicera san
                  Ammonicera sam
                  Ammonicera binodosa
                  Ammonicera plana
              Omalogyra
              Retrotortina
          Nerineoidea
        Opisthobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    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
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