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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
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
        Neogastropoda
        Sorbeoconcha
        [unassigned] Caenogastropoda
          Cerithioidea
            Turritellidae
              Mesalia
              Turritellinae
                Tachyrhynchus
                Turritella
                  Turritella communis
                  Turritella decipiens
                  Turritella turbona
                  Turritella erosa
                  Turritella maculata
                  Turritella cochlea
                  Turritella sanguinea
                      Turritella sanguinea sanguinea
                      Turritella sanguinea salisburyi
                  Turritella duplicata
                  Turritella terebra
                  Turritella torulosa
                  Turritella columnaris
                  Turritella meta
                  Turritella praetermissa
                  Turritella ungulina
                  Turritella bicingulata
                  Turritella gemmata
                  Turritella ligar
                  Turritella vermicularis
                  Turritella carinifera
                  Turritella lyonsi
                  Turritella acropora
                  Turritella exoleta
                  Turritella lindae
                  Turritella yucatecana
                  Turritella variegata
                  Turritella imbricata
                  Turritella albolapis
                  Turritella anactor
                  Turritella annulata
                  Turritella attenuata
                  Turritella aurocincta
                  Turritella bacillum
                  Turritella banksii
                  Turritella broderipiana
                  Turritella capensis
                  Turritella chordata
                  Turritella chrysotoxa
                  Turritella cingulata
                  Turritella cingulifera
                  Turritella clarionensis
                  Turritella concava
                  Turritella conspersa
                  Turritella cornea
                  Turritella couteaudi
                  Turritella crocea
                  Turritella dirkhartogensis
                  Turritella dura
                  Turritella elachista
                  Turritella fastigiata
                  Turritella ferruginea
                  Turritella fortilirata
                  Turritella fultoni
                  Turritella gonostoma
                  Turritella hastula
                  Turritella hookeri
                  Turritella incisa
                  Turritella knysnaensis
                  Turritella leeuwinensis
                  Turritella lentiginosa
                  Turritella leucostoma
                  Turritella monilifera
                  Turritella monterosatoi
                  Turritella nebulosa
                  Turritella nodulosa
                  Turritella nzimaorum
                  Turritella polaris
                  Turritella punctata
                  Turritella radula
                  Turritella rubescens
                  Turritella triplicata
                  Turritella wareni
                  Turritella willetti
                  Turritella fuscomaculata
                  Turritella lactea
                  Turritella algida
                  Turritella (Torcula)
                  Turritella bayeri
                  Turritella marianopsis
                  Turritella yucatecanum
                  Turritella caribaea
                  Turritella candida
                  Turritella congelata
                  Turritella bicolor
                  Turritella aquila
                  Turritella canaliculata
                  Turritella flammulata
                  Turritella mariana
                  Turritella parkeri
                  Turritella reevei
                  Turritella kowiensis
                Maoricolpus
                Colpospira
                Gazameda
                Zeacolpus
              Orectospirinae
              Pareorinae
              Vermiculariinae
            Cerithiidae
            Dialidae
            Fossaridae
            Litiopidae
            Obtortionidae
            Planaxidae
            Potamididae
            Scaliolidae
            Siliquariidae
            Diastomatidae
            Procerithiidae
          Heteroglossa
          Cerithiopsoidea
          Triphoroidea
          Epitonioidea
          Eulimoidea
          Ampullarioidea
          Campaniloidea
          Ptenoglossa
        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
Viruses
Monera