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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
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
          Cerithioidea
          Heteroglossa
          Cerithiopsoidea
          Triphoroidea
            Cerithiopsidae
              Cerithiopsis
              Dizoniopsis
              Ektonos
              Krachia
              Onchodia
              Seila
              Krachiopsis
              Prolixodens
              Mendax
              Cerithiopsinae
              Aliptinae
              Seilinae
              Joculator
                  Joculator christiaensi
                  Joculator eudeli
                  Joculator fischeri
                  Joculator keratochroma
                  Joculator laseroni
                  Joculator lozoueti
                  Joculator megacephala
                  Joculator melanoraphis
                  Joculator mygaki
                  Joculator myia
                  Joculator phtyr
                  Joculator psyllos
                  Joculator salvati
                  Joculator skolix
                  Joculator thielei
                  Joculator vignali
                  Joculator brucei
                  Joculator granata
                  Joculator semipicta
                  Joculator semipictus
                  Joculator sublima
                  Joculator ridiculus
                  Joculator tomacula
                  Joculator tribulationis
                  Joculator varians
                  Joculator albocinctum
                  Joculator albordina
                  Joculator albula
                  Joculator continens
                  Joculator flindersi
                  Joculator gracilis
                  Joculator hedleyi
                  Joculator introspectus
                  Joculator introspecta
                  Joculator melania
                  Joculator minimus
                  Joculator minima
                  Joculator minor
                  Joculator albulus
                  Joculator minutissimus
                  Joculator minutissima
                  Joculator ovatus
                  Joculator ovata
                  Joculator pulvis
                  Joculator subula
                  Joculator turriger
                  Joculator turrigera
                  Joculator uveanus
                  Joculator uveanum
              Cerithiopsidella
              Cerithiopsina
              Clathropsis
              Conciliopsis
              Aliptina
              Specula
              Zaclys
              Tubercliopsis
              Sundaya
              Paraseila
              Proseila
              Hebeseila
              Lyroseila
              Pilaflexis
              Potenatomus
              Alipta
              Tasmalira
            Triphoridae
            Triforidae
            Newtoniellidae
          Epitonioidea
          Eulimoidea
          Ampullarioidea
          Campaniloidea
          Ptenoglossa
        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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Chromista
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