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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.

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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
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
            Drilliidae
                Drillinae
                Conopleura
                Crassopleura
                Spirotropis
                Iredalea
                Splendrillia
                  Splendrillia lissotropis
                  Splendrillia moseri
                  Splendrillia woodringi
                  Splendrillia aurora
                  Splendrillia vivens
                  Splendrillia coccinata
                  Splendrillia hypsela
                  Splendrillia academica
                  Splendrillia alabastrum
                  Splendrillia albicans
                  Splendrillia angularia
                  Splendrillia aomoriensis
                  Splendrillia aoteana
                  Splendrillia arga
                  Splendrillia basilirata
                  Splendrillia bednalli
                  Splendrillia benthicola
                  Splendrillia boucheti
                  Splendrillia bratcherae
                  Splendrillia brycei
                  Splendrillia buicki
                  Splendrillia campbellensis
                  Splendrillia candidula
                  Splendrillia carolae
                  Splendrillia carolinae
                  Splendrillia chathamensis
                  Splendrillia clydonia
                  Splendrillia crassiplicata
                  Splendrillia daviesi
                  Splendrillia debilis
                  Splendrillia disjecta
                  Splendrillia eburnea
                  Splendrillia elongata
                  Splendrillia eva
                  Splendrillia falsa
                  Splendrillia fucata
                  Splendrillia globosa
                  Splendrillia granatella
                  Splendrillia gratiosa
                  Splendrillia hansenae
                  Splendrillia hayesi
                  Splendrillia hedleyi
                  Splendrillia hermata
                  Splendrillia houbricki
                  Splendrillia intermaculata
                  Splendrillia intermedia
                  Splendrillia jacula
                  Splendrillia jarosae
                  Splendrillia kapuranga
                  Splendrillia kylix
                  Splendrillia lalage
                  Splendrillia larochei
                  Splendrillia longbottomi
                  Splendrillia lucida
                  Splendrillia lygdina
                  Splendrillia mikrokamelos
                  Splendrillia minima
                  Splendrillia nenia
                  Splendrillia obscura
                  Splendrillia otagoensis
                  Splendrillia persica
                  Splendrillia powelli
                  Splendrillia praeclara
                  Splendrillia praeclara
                  Splendrillia problematica
                  Splendrillia raricostata
                  Splendrillia resplendens
                  Splendrillia roseacincta
                  Splendrillia runcinata
                  Splendrillia sarda
                  Splendrillia skambos
                  Splendrillia solicitata
                  Splendrillia spadicina
                  Splendrillia striata
                  Splendrillia subviridis
                  Splendrillia suluensis
                  Splendrillia tantula
                  Splendrillia taylori
                  Splendrillia triconica
                  Splendrillia turrita
                  Splendrillia wayae
                  Splendrillia westralis
                  Splendrillia zanzibarica
                  Splendrillia espyra
                  Splendrillia armata
                  Splendrillia kingmai
                  Splendrillia majorina
                  Splendrillia zeobliqua
            Mangeliidae
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
            Conorbidae
            Terebridae
            Oenopotinae
            Clavatulidae
            Pseudomelatomidae
            Cochlespiridae
            Zemaciinae
          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