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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
              Ocenebrinae
              Typhinae
              Haustrinae
              Muricopsinae
                Murexiella
                Muricopsis
                  Muricopsis aradasii
                  Muricopsis cristata
                  Muricopsis medicago
                  Muricopsis cevikeri
                  Muricopsis haidari
                  Muricopsis delemarrei
                  Muricopsis (Muricopsis)
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) annobonensis
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) chiarae
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) delemarrei
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gilbertharrisi
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gofasi
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) haidari
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) hernandezi
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) josei
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) marcusi
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) matildeae
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) omanensis
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) perexigua
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) principensis
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) seminolensis
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) testorii
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) ghisottii
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis
                      Muricopsis (Muricopsis) mcleani
                  Muricopsis (Risomurex)
                  Muricopsis erroneus
                  Muricopsis personatus
                  Muricopsis tenellus
                  Muricopsis mariangelae
                  Muricopsis matildeae
                  Muricopsis principensis
                  Muricopsis oliverai
                  Muricopsis poeyi
                  Muricopsis orri
                  Muricopsis atra
                  Muricopsis huberti
                  Muricopsis hernandezi
                  Muricopsis josei
                  Muricopsis perexigua
                  Muricopsis testorii
                  Muricopsis (Murexsul)
                  Muricopsis duffyi
                  Muricopsis jaliscoensis
                  Muricopsis mbotyiensis
                  Muricopsis blainvillei
                  Muricopsis diadema
                  Muricopsis purpurispina
                  Muricopsis skoglundae
                  Muricopsis spiculus
                  Muricopsis sunderlandi
                  Muricopsis tulensis
                  Muricopsis warreni
                  Muricopsis westonensis
                  Muricopsis zeteki
                  Muricopsis zylmanae
                  Muricopsis oxossi
                  Muricopsis richardbinghami
                  Muricopsis aliceae
                  Muricopsis cristatus
                  Muricopsis hispida
                  Muricopsis (Rolandiella)
                  Muricopsis mcleani
                  Muricopsis carnicolor
                Vitularia
                Homalocantha
                Minnimurex
                Transtrafer
                Acanthotrophon
                Bizetiella
                Maxwellia
                Murexsul
                Pazinotus
                Pradoxa
                Rolandiella
                Subpterynotus
                Xastilia
                Paradoxa
                Risomurex
                Pygmaepterys
                Pterochelus
              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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera