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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 rugosa recens
                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
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera