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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 (Argopecten) rehderi
                    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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Fungi
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Bacteria
Chromista
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