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TheWorldRegisterofMarineSpeciesis Hostedby FlandersMarineInstitute(VLIZ),BelgiumonbehalfoftheSocietyforthe ManagementofElectronicBiodiversityData. Fundedby EUMarBEFNetworkofExcellence,OceanBiogeographicInformationSystem, SloanFoundation,GlobalBiodiversityInformationFacility,RichardLounsbery Foundation,andcontributionsfromtheTaxonomic Editors. Supportedby Species2000,CatalogueofLife,IntergovernmentalOceanographic CommissionofUNESCO,ZooBankoftheInternationalCodeonZoological Nomenclature,InternationalUnionofBiologicalSciences,International AssociationforBiologicalOceanography,WorldFishCenter,SeaAroundUs Project,EncyclopaediaofLife,CensusofMarineLife,InternationalCensusof MarineMicrobes. World Register of Marine Species Firstauthoritativelistofnamesofallmarinespecies Standardsbased,qualitycontrolled,expertvalidated, openͲaccessinfrastructureforresearch,education, anddataandresourcemanagement www.marinespecies.org [email protected] TowardsaWorldRegisterofMarineSpecies TheaimofaWorldRegisterofMarineSpecies(WoRMS)istoprovidean authoritativeandcomprehensivelistofnamesofmarineorganisms, includinginformationonsynonymy.Whilehighestprioritygoestovalid names,othernamesinuseareincludedsothatthisregistercanserveas aguidetointerprettaxonomicliterature. ThecontentofWoRMSiscontrolledbytaxonomicexperts,notby databasemanagers.WoRMShasaneditorialmanagementsystemwhere eachtaxonomicgroupisrepresentedbyanexpertwhohastheauthority overthecontent,andisresponsibletocontrolthequalityofthe information.Eachofthesemaintaxonomiceditorscaninviteseveral specialistsofsmallergroupswithintheirareaofresponsibility. MarineSpecies.orgisthewebinterfaceofWoRMS.WoRMSholdsa numberofregionalandglobalauthoritativemarinespecieslistsofwhich afewaremaintainedexternally.Themajorityoftheselistshastheirown websitehostedunderMarineSpecies.org. WoRMScontainsvalidspeciesnames,synonymandvernacularnames, andextrainformationsuchaspictures,literatureandbiogeographic data.Besidesspeciesnames,WoRMSalsocontainsthehigher classification.Theclassificationusedisa‘compromise’between establishedsystemsandrecentchanges.Itsaimistoaiddata management,ratherthansuggestanytaxonomicorphylogenetic opiniononspeciesrelationships. KeepingWoRMSupͲtoͲdateisacontinuousprocess.Newinformationis entereddailybythetaxonomiceditorsandbyourmembersofthedata managementteam.Oftendataalsocomeinfromcontributionsoflarge datasets,suchasglobalorregionalspecieslists.Nodatabaseofthissize iswithouterrorsandomissions.Wedon’tpromisetomakenoerrors,but wedopromisetofollowupandgivefeedbackonanycommunications pointingouterrors.Feedbackisverywelcome! TheWorldRegisterofMarineSpeciesintegrates Globalspecieslists x WorldlistofPorifera x WorldlistofProseriataandKalyptorhynchiaͲRhabditophora x WorldlistofMysids–Nemys x WorldlistofNematodes–NeMys x WorldlistofCumacea x WorldlistofBrachiopoda x WorldlistofPhoronida x WorldlistofPycnogonida x WorldlistofOphiuroidea x WorldlistofIsopoda x WorldlistofCopepoda x WorldlistofEuphausiacea x WorldlistofNemertina x WorldlistofTanaidacea x WorldlistofMarinePisces(Fishbase) x WorldlistofPolychaeta x WorldlistofRotifera x UnescoRegisterofMarineOrganisms Soontocome:Asteroidea,Crinoidea,Holothuroidea, Mollusca,Amphipoda,Trematoda,Echiura,Chaetognatha Regionalspecieslists EuropeanRegisterofMarineSpecies(ERMS) RegisterofAntarcticMarineSpecies(RAMS) NorthAtlanticRegisterforMarineSpecies(NARMS) TaxonomicInformationSystemfortheBelgianCoastalArea(TISBE) MarineSpeciesDatabaseforEasternAfrica(MASDEA) NorthSeaBenthosProject(NSBP) BoardofEditors Thelistoftaxonomicexpertscanbefoundonline. [email protected] orwanttocontributetothisinitiative.
