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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
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
      Protobranchia
      Pteriomorphia
        Arcoida
        Mytiloida
        Pterioida
        Ostreoida
        Limoida
        Pteriomorpha incertae sedis
        Eupteriomorphia
        Pectinoida
          Pectinoidea
            Pectinidae
              Camptonectinae
              Chlamydinae
                Chlamydini
                  Chlamys
                      Chlamys alicei
                      Chlamys flexuosa
                      Chlamys glabra
                      Chlamys islandica
                      Chlamys pesfelis
                      Chlamys proteus
                      Chlamys sulcata
                      Chlamys varia
                      Chlamys bruei
                      Chlamys distorta
                      Chlamys multistriata
                      Chlamys opercularis
                      Chlamys reticulata
                      Chlamys varius
                      Chlamys rubida
                      Chlamys behringiana
                      Chlamys albida
                      Chlamys wainwrightensis
                      Chlamys papyracea
                      Chlamys chaperi
                      Chlamys behringiana
                      Chlamys pseudislandica
                      Chlamys costellata
                      Chlamys aliae
                      Chlamys marshallensis
                      Chlamys wilhelminae
                      Chlamys kauaiensis
                      Chlamys elsae
                      Chlamys princessae
                      Chlamys cookei
                      Chlamys boninensis
                      Chlamys anguineus
                      Chlamys dianae
                      Chlamys consociata
                      Chlamys famigerator
                      Chlamys celator
                      Chlamys suprasilis
                      Chlamys perillustris
                      Chlamys subantarctica
                      Chlamys campbellicus
                      Chlamys instar
                      Chlamys benedicti
                      Chlamys gilchristi
                      Chlamys fenestratum
                      Chlamys hawaiensis
                      Chlamys cellularis
                      Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
                      Chlamys kiwaensis
                      Chlamys smithi
                      Chlamys corymbiatus
                      Chlamys humilis
                      Chlamys (Aequipecten)
                      Chlamys (Argopecten)
                      Chlamys hirasei
                      Chlamys ambigua
                      Chlamys empressae
                      Chlamys chosenica
                      Chlamys subsulcata
                  Equichlamys
                  Manupecten
                  Talochlamys
                  Complicachlamys
                  Coralichlamys
                  Hemipecten
                  Notochlamys
                  Pascahinnites
                  Azumapecten
                  Scaeochlamys
                  Belchlamys
                  Swiftopecten
                  Veprichlamys
                  Psychrochlamys
                Crassadomini
                Fortipectinini
              Adamussiinae
              Palliolinae
              Austrochlamydinae
              Pectininae
            Spondylidae
            Propeamussiidae
          Anomioidea
          Plicatuloidea
          Dimyoidea
      Heterodonta
      Palaeoheterodonta
    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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