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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
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
          Muricoidea
            Muricidae
              Rapaninae
                Rapana
                    Rapana rapiformis
                    Rapana venosa
                    Rapana thomasiana
                    Rapana marginata
                    Rapana bezoar
                    Rapana foliacea
                    Rapana pellucida
                Stramonita
                Thais
                Pinaxia
                Nassa
                Purpura
                Vexilla
                Drupa
                Sistrum
                Ricinula
                Acanthais
                Agnewia
                Concholepas
                Conchulus
                Conchopatella
                Cymia
                Dicathais
                Canrena
                Pentadactylus
                Neothais
                Phycothais
                Plicopurpura
                Microtoma
                Purpurella
                Patellipurpura
                Conothais
                Reishia
                Semiricinula
                Taurasia
                Menathais
                Tribulus
                Planithais
                Provexillum
                Simplicotaurasia
                Cuma
                Ricinella
                Mancinella
                Cumopsis
              Ocenebrinae
              Typhinae
              Haustrinae
              Muricopsinae
              Trophoninae
              Ergalataxinae
              Tripterotyphinae
              Coralliophilinae
            Coralliophilidae
            Cystiscidae
            Marginellidae
            Mitridae
            Turbinellidae
            Volutidae
            Volutomitridae
            Costellariidae
            Harpidae
            Pleioptygmatidae
            Columbariidae
            Babyloniidae
            Strepsiduridae
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
          Buccinoidea
          Volutoidea
          Olivoidea
          Pseudolivoidea
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      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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Chromista
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