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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.

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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
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
    Crinozoa
    Asterozoa
    Echinozoa
      Echinoidea
      Holothuroidea
        Apodida
          Chiridotidae
          Myriotrochidae
          Synaptidae
            Epitomapta
            Euapta
            Labidoplax
            Leptosynapta
            Protankyra
            Rhabdomolgus
            Synapta
              Synapta abyssicola
              Synapta bergensis
              Synapta buskii
              Synapta decaria
              Synapta duvernaea
              Synapta galliennii
              Synapta lappa
              Synapta macrankyra
              Synapta minuta
              Synapta reciprocans
              Synapta sarniensis
              Synapta tenera
              Synapta digitata
              Synapta recta
              Synapta godeffroyi
              Synapta beselii
              Synapta grisea
                  Synapta grisea var. alba
              Synapta oceanica
              Synapta maculata
              Synapta ooplax
              Synapta serpentina
              Synapta hispida
              Synapta intestinalis
              Synapta rappardi
              Synapta raynaldi
              Synapta zebrina
              Synapta fasciata
              Synapta bachei
              Synapta coriacea
              Synapta tenuis
              Synapta pellucida
              Synapta acanthia
              Synapta mammillosa
              Synapta henslowana
              Synapta astrolabi
              Synapta thomsonii
              Synapta inaequalis
              Synapta uncinata
              Synapta johnstonii
              Synapta assymmetrica
              Synapta bankensis
              Synapta incerta
              Synapta innominata
              Synapta polii
              Synapta benedeni
              Synapta orsinii
              Synapta autopista
              Synapta distincta
              Synapta girardii
              Synapta rotifera
              Synapta viridis
              Synapta agassizii
              Synapta albicans
              Synapta ayresii
              Synapta gracilis
              Synapta kefersteinii
              Synapta pourtalesii
              Synapta bifaria
              Synapta dubia
              Synapta glabra
              Synapta indivisa
              Synapta molesta
              Synapta nigra
              Synapta pseudo-digitata
              Synapta reticulata
              Synapta similis
              Synapta petersi
              Synapta lactea
              Synapta psara
              Synapta striata
              Synapta ludwigii
              Synapta rodea
              Synapta dolabrifera
              Synapta aculeata
              Synapta challengeri
              Synapta insolens
              Synapta picta
              Synapta verrilli
              Synapta brychia
              Synapta bidentata
            Synaptula
            Lapidoplax
            Mulleria
            Dactylapta
            Eupatinapta
            Oncinolabes
            Auricularia
            Pendekaplectana
        Aspidochirotida
        Elasipodida
        Molpadiida
        Dendrochirotacea
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera