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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
            Cancellariidae
              Axelella
              Brocchinia
              Cancellaria
              Iphinopsis
              Solatia
              Narona
              Scalptia
                  Scalptia obliquata
                  Scalptia scalata
                  Scalptia scala
                  Scalptia androyensis
                  Scalptia aliguayensis
                  Scalptia crispatoides
                  Scalptia articularis
                  Scalptia articularoides
                  Scalptia bicolor
                  Scalptia contabulata
                  Scalptia crenifera
                  Scalptia crispa
                  Scalptia crossei
                  Scalptia foveolata
                  Scalptia hystrix
                  Scalptia laingensis
                  Scalptia mercadoi
                  Scalptia nassa
                  Scalptia scalariformis
                  Scalptia scalarina
                  Scalptia textilis
                  Scalptia vangoethemi
                  Scalptia verreauxii
              Cancellariinae
              Admetinae
              Plesiotritoninae
              Pseudobabylonella
          Conoidea
          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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