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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
                  Hadriania
                  Nucella
                  Ocenebra
                  Ocinebrina
                  Urosalpinx
                  Eupleura
                  Ocinebra
                  Ceratostoma
                  Acanthina
                  Vaughtia
                  Polytropa
                  Tritonalia
                  Corallinia
                  Dentocenebra
                  Ocenotrophon
                  Inermicosta
                  Pterorytis
                  Genkaimurex
                  Muregina
                  Chicocenebra
                  Africanella
                  Roperia
                  Forreria
                  Austrotrophon
                  Zacatrophon
                  Crassilabrum
                  Acanthinucella
                  Mexacanthina
                  Trochia
                  Chorus
                  Centrifuga
                  Shaskyus
                  Ternaria
                  Cerostoma
                  Spinostoma
                  Microrhytis
                  Jatova
                  Neurarhytis
                  Hanetia
                  Antimurex
                  Polytropalicus
                  Unicornus
                    Unicornus typus
                  Rudolpha
                  Xanthochorus
                  Monoceros
              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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