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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
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
            Philinoidea
              Retusidae
                Cylichnina
                Pyrunculus
                Relichna
                Retusa
                  Retusa candidula
                  Retusa fourierii
                  Retusa leptoeneilema
                  Retusa mammillata
                  Retusa mariei
                  Retusa minutissima
                  Retusa obtusa
                      Retusa obtusa var. lajonkaireana
                      Retusa obtusa var. turrita
                  Retusa pellucida
                  Retusa piriformis
                  Retusa tornata
                  Retusa truncatula
                  Retusa pellucida
                  Retusa semisulcata
                  Retusa strigella
                  Retusa subcylindrica
                  Retusa nitidula
                  Retusa umbilicata
                  Retusa obtusata
                  Retusa desgenettii
                  Retusa pertenuis
                  Retusa caelata
                  Retusa semen
                  Retusa abyssicola
                  Retusa diaphana
                  Retusa insolita
                  Retusa lenis
                  Retusa trunca
                  Retusa mayoi
                  Retusa domita
                  Retusa lactea
                  Retusa pervia
                  Retusa sosa
                  Retusa golikovi
                  Retusa insignis
                  Retusa instabilis
                  Retusa operculata
                  Retusa ovoides
                  Retusa succincta
                  Retusa toyamaensis
                  Retusa variabilis
                  Retusa montereyensis
                  Retusa xystrum
                  Retusa oruaensis
              Scaphandridae
              Cylichnidae
              Philinidae
              Philinoglossidae
              Aglajidae
              Gasteropteridae
              Gastropteridae
              Plusculidae
              Rhizoridae
            Bulloidea
            Diaphanoidea
            Haminoeoidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      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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Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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Monera