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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
        Fissurelloidea
        Scissurelloidea
        Haliotoidea
        Trochoidea
        Seguenzioidea
        Angarioidea
        Phasianelloidea
          Tricoliidae
          Phasianellidae
          Colloniidae
            Moelleriinae
            Colloniinae
              Cantrainea
              Homalopoma
                  Homalopoma carmelae
                  Homalopoma sanguineum
                  Homalopoma quantillum
                  Homalopoma rotundata
                  Homalopoma albidum
                  Homalopoma linnei
                  Homalopoma kussakini
                  Homalopoma bicolor
                  Homalopoma baculum
                  Homalopoma berryi
                  Homalopoma cordellensis
                  Homalopoma draperi
                  Homalopoma grippii
                  Homalopoma indutum
                  Homalopoma lacunatum
                  Homalopoma luridum
                  Homalopoma mimicum
                  Homalopoma paucicostatum
                  Homalopoma radiatum
                  Homalopoma subobsoletum
                  Homalopoma boffii
                  Homalopoma cunninghami
                  Homalopoma clippertonense
                  Homalopoma panamense
                  Homalopoma rubidum
                  Homalopoma rotundatum
              Leptothyra
              Bothropoma
              Anadema
              Argalista
            Petropomatinae
        Turbinoidea
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      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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