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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
            Cancellariidae
              Axelella
              Brocchinia
              Cancellaria
              Iphinopsis
              Solatia
              Narona
              Scalptia
              Cancellariinae
              Admetinae
                Admete
                  Admete contabulata
                  Admete sadko
                  Admete viridula
                      Admete viridula var. laevior
                      Admete viridula var. producta
                  Admete couthouyi
                  Admete enderbyensis
                  Admete haini
                  Admete tenuissima
                  Admete microscopica
                  Admete bruuni
                  Admete aethiopica
                  Admete antarctica
                  Admete arctica
                  Admete californica
                  Admete choshiensis
                  Admete circumcincta
                  Admete finlayi
                  Admete frigida
                  Admete globularis
                  Admete gracilior
                  Admete grandis
                  Admete harpovoluta
                  Admete hukuiensis
                  Admete limnaeaeformis
                  Admete magellanica
                  Admete microsoma
                  Admete modesta
                  Admete ovata
                  Admete philippii
                  Admete regina
                  Admete rhyssa
                  Admete schythei
                  Admete seftoni
                  Admete specularis
                  Admete tabulata
                  Admete unalashkensis
                  Admete watanabei
                  Admete woodworthi
                  Admete solida
                Zeadmete
              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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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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