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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
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
            Drilliidae
            Mangeliidae
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
            Conorbidae
            Terebridae
            Oenopotinae
            Clavatulidae
            Pseudomelatomidae
                Leucosyrinx
                Anticomitas
                Antimelatoma
                Comitas
                  Comitas aequatorialis
                  Comitas albicincta
                  Comitas anteridion
                  Comitas arcana
                  Comitas bolognai
                  Comitas breviplicata
                  Comitas chuni
                  Comitas curviplicata
                  Comitas elegans
                  Comitas ensyuensis
                  Comitas erica
                  Comitas eurina
                  Comitas exstructa
                  Comitas galatheae
                  Comitas granuloplicata
                  Comitas halicyria
                  Comitas hayashii
                  Comitas ilariae
                  Comitas kaderlyi
                  Comitas kirai
                  Comitas kuroharai
                  Comitas laura
                  Comitas lurida
                  Comitas luzonica
                  Comitas malayana
                  Comitas margaritae
                  Comitas melvilli
                  Comitas murrawolga
                  Comitas oahuensis
                  Comitas obliquicosta
                  Comitas obtusigemmata
                  Comitas opulenta
                  Comitas pachycerus
                  Comitas pagodaeformis
                  Comitas parvifusiformis
                  Comitas paupera
                  Comitas peelae
                  Comitas powelli
                  Comitas raybaudii
                  Comitas rex
                  Comitas rotundata
                  Comitas saldanhae
                  Comitas stolida
                  Comitas subsuturalis
                  Comitas suluensis
                  Comitas suratensis
                  Comitas symbiotes
                  Comitas thisbe
                  Comitas trailli
                  Comitas vezo
                  Comitas yukiae
                  Comitas kamakurana
                  Comitas pachycercus
                  Comitas onokeana
                Paracomitas
                Macrosinus
            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
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Protozoa
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Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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