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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
          Pyramidelloidea
          Rissoelloidea
          Cimidae
          Architectonicoidea
            Architectonicidae
              Basisulcata
              Discotectonica
              Heliacus
              Philippia
              Pseudomalaxis
              Pseudotorinia
              Solatisonax
              Spirolaxis
              Architectonica
                  Architectonica nobilis
                  Architectonica perspectiva
                  Architectonica laevigata
                  Architectonica modesta
                  Architectonica proestleri
                  Architectonica placentalis
                  Architectonica radialis
                  Architectonica trochlearis
                  Architectonica perdix
                  Architectonica maxima
                  Architectonica purpurata
                  Architectonica stellata
                  Architectonica grandiosa
                  Architectonica gualtierii
                  Architectonica taylori
                  Architectonica maculata
                  Architectonica picta
                  Architectonica arcana
                  Architectonica karsteni
                  Architectonica consobrina
                  Architectonica regia
                  Architectonica valenciennesii
                  Architectonica wroblewskyi
                  Architectonica offlexa
                  Architectonica relata
                  Architectonica kuroharai
                  Architectonica pentacyclota
                  Architectonica nomotoi
                  Architectonica sindermanni
                  Architectonica sunderlandi
                  Architectonica radiata
                  Architectonica gothica
              Torinia
              Solarium
              Psilaxis
              Adelphotectonica
              Mangonuia
              Discosolis
              Pyrgoheliacus
              Granosolarium
              Acutitectonica
              Russetia
              Solariaxis
              Claraxis
              Climacopoma
              Patulaxis
              Astronacus
              Torinista
              Grandeliacus
              Teretropoma
          Orbitestellidae
          Tjaernoiidae
          Tjaernoeidae
          Valvatoidea
          Tjaernoeiidae
          Acteonoidea
          Ringiculoidea
          Siphonarioidea
          Architectibranchia
          Mathildoidea
          Omalogyroidea
          Nerineoidea
        Opisthobranchia
      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
Monera