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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
              Scaphandridae
              Cylichnidae
              Philinidae
                Johania
                Laona
                Philine
                    Philine angulata
                    Philine aperta
                    Philine azorica
                    Philine calva
                    Philine catena
                    Philine complanata
                    Philine condensa
                    Philine denticulata
                    Philine desmotis
                    Philine infortunata
                    Philine intricata
                    Philine lima
                    Philine monilifera
                    Philine monterosati
                    Philine monterosatoi
                    Philine punctata
                    Philine quadrata
                    Philine rugulosa
                    Philine scabra
                    Philine trachyostraca
                    Philine striatula
                    Philine rugosula
                    Philine iris
                    Philine approximans
                    Philine talismani
                    Philine caballeri
                    Philine abyssicola
                    Philine babai
                    Philine habei
                    Philine sagra
                    Philine candeana
                    Philine alba
                    Philine amabilis
                    Philine argentina
                    Philine falklandica
                    Philine gouldi
                    Philine lucida
                    Philine mera
                    Philine planata
                    Philine thurmanni
                    Philine quadripartita
                    Philine argentata
                    Philine kawamurai
                    Philine scalpta
                    Philine bakeri
                    Philine californica
                    Philine polystrigma
                    Philine constricta
                    Philine powelli
                    Philine umbilicata
              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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
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