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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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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
          Littorinoidea
          Rissooidea
            Hydrobiidae
            Assimineidae
            Iravadiidae
            Rissoidae
            Tornidae
            Adeorbidae
            Caecidae
            Truncatellidae
            Barleeidae
            Anabathridae
              Anabathrinae
              Nodulus
              Pisinna
                  Pisinna glabrata
                  Pisinna bicincta
                  Pisinna micronema
                  Pisinna albizona
                  Pisinna angulata
                  Pisinna approximata
                  Pisinna bicolor
                  Pisinna boucheti
                  Pisinna brunescens
                  Pisinna castella
                  Pisinna cazini
                  Pisinna chasteri
                  Pisinna circumlabra
                  Pisinna colmani
                  Pisinna compressa
                  Pisinna costata
                  Pisinna crawfordi
                  Pisinna dubitabilis
                  Pisinna eurychades
                  Pisinna flindersi
                  Pisinna frauenfeldi
                  Pisinna gradata
                  Pisinna incipiens
                  Pisinna kershawi
                  Pisinna kis
                  Pisinna laseroni
                  Pisinna megastoma
                  Pisinna moretonensis
                  Pisinna nitida
                  Pisinna oblata
                  Pisinna olivacea
                  Pisinna paucirugosa
                  Pisinna perdigna
                  Pisinna ponderi
                  Pisinna salebrosa
                  Pisinna tasmanica
                  Pisinna tropica
                  Pisinna tumida
                  Pisinna varicifera
                  Pisinna vincula
                  Pisinna voorwindei
                  Pisinna frenchiensis
                  Pisinna angustata
                  Pisinna asymmetrica
                  Pisinna hipkinsi
                  Pisinna insulana
                  Pisinna juddi
                  Pisinna manawatawhia
                  Pisinna minor
                  Pisinna praecidecosta
                  Pisinna rekohuana
                  Pisinna rufoapicata
                  Pisinna rugosa
                  Pisinna semiplicata
                  Pisinna semisulcata
                  Pisinna subfusca
                  Pisinna subrufa
                  Pisinna zosterophila
              Afriscrobs
              Badepigrus
              Microdryas
              Pseudestea
            Elachisinidae
            Trochaclididae
            Calopiidae
            Cochliopidae
            Emblandidae
            Epigridae
            Falsicingulidae
            Hydrococcidae
            Barleeiidae
          Stromboidea
          Hipponicoidea
          Crepiduloidea
          Xenophoroidea
          Cypraeoidea
          Heteropoda
          Naticoidea
          Tonnoidea
          Cassoidea
          Rissoacea
          Calyptraeoidea
          Capuloidea
          Vanikoroidea
          Cingulopsoidea
          Pterotracheoidea
          Velutinoidea
          Vermetoidea
          Ficoidea
        Stenoglossa
        Hypsogastropoda
      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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Fungi
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Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
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