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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
            Spondylidae
            Propeamussiidae
              Arctinula
              Cyclopecten
              Propeamussium
              Similipecten
              Parvamussium
              Bathypecten
              Catillopecten
              Paramusium
              Occultamussium
              Pseudopalliorum
              Bathymussium
              Micramussium
              Flavamussium
              Luteamussium
              Variamussium
              Ctenamusium
              Glyptamusium
              Squamamussium
              Polynemamussium
              Amussium
                  Amussium weberi
                  Amussium caducum
                  Amussium hypomeces
                  Amussium dalli
                  Amussium margaritiferum
                  Amussium sublucidum
                  Amussium formosum
                  Amussium lucidum
                  Amussium obliquum
                  Amussium octodecimliratum
                  Amussium pauciliratum
                  Amussium propinquum
                  Amussium siebenrocki
                  Amussium scitulum
                  Amussium squamigerum
                  Amussium texturatum
                  Amussium torresi
                  Amussium ina
                  Amussium investigatoris
                  Amussium jeffreysii
                  Amussium meridionale
                  Amussium sibogai
                  Amussium steindachneri
                  Amussium watsoni
                  Amussium zoniferum
                  Amussium (Variamussium)
                    Amussium (Variamussium) permirum
                  Amussium cristatellum
              Xenamussium
          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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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