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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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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
          Muricoidea
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
            Drilliidae
            Mangeliidae
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
              Aliceia
              Bathybela
              Famelica
              Gymnobela
              Lusitanops
              Neopleurotomoides
              Nepotilla
              Phymorhynchus
              Pleurotomella
              Raphitoma
              Taranis
              Teretia
              Teretiopsis
              Thesbia
              Theta
              Xanthodaphne
              Leufroyia
              Kermia
              Cenodagreutes
              Buccinaria
              Stilla
              Veprecula
                  Veprecula arethusa
                  Veprecula bandensis
                  Veprecula brunonia
                  Veprecula cooperi
                  Veprecula echinulata
                  Veprecula gracilispira
                  Veprecula hedleyi
                  Veprecula morra
                  Veprecula pungens
                  Veprecula scala
                  Veprecula sykesii
                  Veprecula tornipila
                  Veprecula vacillata
                  Veprecula vepratica
            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
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