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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
          Muricoidea
          Cancellarioidea
          Conoidea
            Turridae
            Conidae
            Drilliidae
            Mangeliidae
            Clathurellidae
            Raphitomidae
            Conorbidae
            Terebridae
            Oenopotinae
            Clavatulidae
            Pseudomelatomidae
              Leucosyrinx
              Anticomitas
              Antimelatoma
              Comitas
                Comitas aequatorialis
                Comitas albicincta
                Comitas anteridion
                Comitas arcana
                Comitas bolognai
                Comitas breviplicata
                Comitas chuni
                Comitas curviplicata
                Comitas elegans
                Comitas ensyuensis
                Comitas erica
                Comitas eurina
                Comitas exstructa
                Comitas galatheae
                Comitas granuloplicata
                Comitas halicyria
                Comitas hayashii
                Comitas ilariae
                Comitas kaderlyi
                Comitas kirai
                Comitas kuroharai
                Comitas laura
                Comitas lurida
                Comitas luzonica
                Comitas malayana
                Comitas margaritae
                Comitas melvilli
                Comitas murrawolga
                Comitas oahuensis
                Comitas obliquicosta
                Comitas obtusigemmata
                Comitas opulenta
                Comitas pachycerus
                Comitas pagodaeformis
                Comitas parvifusiformis
                Comitas paupera
                Comitas peelae
                Comitas powelli
                Comitas raybaudii
                Comitas rex
                Comitas rotundata
                Comitas saldanhae
                Comitas stolida
                Comitas subsuturalis
                Comitas suluensis
                Comitas suratensis
                Comitas symbiotes
                Comitas thisbe
                Comitas trailli
                Comitas vezo
                Comitas yukiae
                Comitas kamakurana
                Comitas pachycercus
                Comitas onokeana
                    Comitas onokeana onokeana
                    Comitas onokeana vivens
              Paracomitas
              Macrosinus
            Cochlespiridae
            Zemaciinae
          Buccinoidea
          Volutoidea
          Olivoidea
          Pseudolivoidea
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
        Littorinimorpha
        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
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