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Statistics
145,450 valid species; of which 100,616 checked (69%)
218,987 species names including synonyms
273,108 taxa (species to phyla)
10,199 images
In the light of the 300th birthday of Linnaeus, we reached our target of 100,000 valid species names by the end of 2007. The final goal is to capture all of the estimated 230,000 marine species by 2010, in synchrony with the
completion of the Census of Marine Life programme, still 84,550 to go.
About WoRMS
With WoRMS we aim to provide an authoritative list of names of all marine species globally, ever published.
WoRMS is a contribution to the Catalogue of Life, the Encyclopedia of Life, and will serve as the taxonomic backbone of the Ocean Biogeograpihc Information System.
WoRMS has been accepted as one of the four campaigns organised by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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The Antarctic Register of Marine Species in Nature
Added on: 2009-05-07 16:15:00 by Ward Appeltans |
| In February 2009, an editorial appeared in Nature 'The way ahead for polar science'. The authors stressed that, although the 4th International Polar Year (IPY) has come to an end, polar research should remain a top priority. They also urged for setting up an open archive to collect all the data generated by IPY and to make these publicly available for further research. ... [Read more] |
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NEW World Cetacea Database
Added on: 2009-03-17 11:00:00 by Bill Perrin |
| The World Cetacea Database containing all currently accepted scientific names for whales, dolphins and porpoises is now up and running. Visit www.marinespecies.org/cetacea. ... [Read more] |
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NEW World Remipedia database
Added on: 2009-03-16 15:56:00 by Koenemann, Stefan |
| The Remipedia DB has been launched and is running on www.marinespecies.org/remipedia. It contains all currently known and recognized species (and higher taxa). ... [Read more] |
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Over 31.000 links are connecting species names in WoRMS and GenBank
Added on: 2009-02-18 10:10:00 by Ward Appeltans |
| WoRMS provides deeplinks to external databases which hold relevant expert-validated species information. Now over 31.000 taxa in WoRMS have a direct link to the sequence data in GenBank, and in return GenBank links back to the specific taxon pages in WoRMS. ... [Read more] |
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NEW World Asteroidea Database
Added on: 2009-02-16 12:06:00 by Chris Mah |
| I just wished to announce that the World Asteroidea Database containing all currently accepted starfish names (over 1,800 and counting) is now up and running! Visit www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea ... [Read more] |
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Citation
We encourage to cite the individual global or regional species lists that are often the source of the data, but you can also refer to us as follows:
SMEBD (2009). World Register of Marine Species. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org on [yyyy-mm-dd].
Disclaimer
The editorial board maintains this register, but is aware that it is not complete and undoubtedly contains errors. The board cannot be made responsible for any errors or misuse of data contained in this register. Comments from our users are more than welcome, so if you come across any error or incomplete information or you are willing to contribute to this initiative please contact us at info@marinespecies.org.
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