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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
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
            Philinoidea
              Retusidae
                Cylichnina
                Pyrunculus
                Relichna
                Retusa
                    Retusa candidula
                    Retusa fourierii
                    Retusa leptoeneilema
                    Retusa mammillata
                    Retusa mariei
                    Retusa minutissima
                    Retusa obtusa
                    Retusa pellucida
                    Retusa piriformis
                    Retusa tornata
                    Retusa truncatula
                    Retusa pellucida
                    Retusa semisulcata
                    Retusa strigella
                    Retusa subcylindrica
                    Retusa nitidula
                    Retusa umbilicata
                    Retusa obtusata
                    Retusa desgenettii
                    Retusa pertenuis
                    Retusa caelata
                    Retusa semen
                    Retusa abyssicola
                    Retusa diaphana
                    Retusa insolita
                    Retusa lenis
                    Retusa trunca
                    Retusa mayoi
                    Retusa domita
                    Retusa lactea
                    Retusa pervia
                    Retusa sosa
                    Retusa golikovi
                    Retusa insignis
                    Retusa instabilis
                    Retusa operculata
                    Retusa ovoides
                    Retusa succincta
                    Retusa toyamaensis
                    Retusa variabilis
                    Retusa montereyensis
                    Retusa xystrum
                    Retusa oruaensis
              Scaphandridae
              Cylichnidae
              Philinidae
              Philinoglossidae
              Aglajidae
              Gasteropteridae
              Gastropteridae
              Plusculidae
              Rhizoridae
            Bulloidea
            Diaphanoidea
            Haminoeoidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      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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