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NEW World Hydrozoa Database
Added on: 2009-08-24 15:51:44 by Schuchert, Peter | | Hydrozoa are among the most diverse group of cnidarians. The World Hydrozoa database includes all extant hydrozoan species and is intended to act as a tool for anyone needing correct taxonomic information, both specialists and non-specialists alike. Visit: www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa. ... [Read more] |
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NEW World Placozoa Database
Added on: 2009-07-29 12:28:44 by Bernd Schierwater | | This is the smallest of all animal databases yet; it contains a single valid species, Trichoplax adhaerens. This actual situation is soon to change radically. The World Placozoa Database is online at www.marinespecies.org/placozoa. ... [Read more] |
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The Antarctic Register of Marine Species in Nature
Added on: 2009-05-07 16:15:12 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 11:00:56 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 15:56:09 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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GBIF welcomes SMEBD
Added on: 2009-03-06 13:55:11 by Costello, Mark | | The Society for the Management of Electronic Data (SMEBD) was pleased to become an Associate Participant of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) on 6 March 2009. The SMEBD Chair, Mark J. Costello, and a member of SMEBD Council, Dr Thomas Pape, are the SMEBD representatives to the GBIF Governing Board. |
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Over 31.000 links are connecting species names in WoRMS and GenBank
Added on: 2009-02-18 10:10:35 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 12:06:53 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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The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL)
Added on: 2009-01-30 11:56:35 by Mark Costello, Cynthia Parr, Jim Edwards and Ward Appeltans | | Today the Smithsonian Institution, on behalf of EoL and the Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD), on behalf of WoRMS, has officially come to an agreement to work together to develop and share biodiversity information. ... [Read more] |
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WoRMS grows as more experts from all over the world contribute
Added on: 2009-01-28 16:49:13 by Mark J. Costello | | As of today 142 taxonomists from 92 institutions in 26 countries are contributing data to WoRMS (list below). The main goal in 2009 for the new WoRMS Steering Committee will be to fill the few gaps in the WoRMS Editorial board. I welcome suggestions for editors, whether to cover a taxon globally or regionally, and whether they provide nomenclatural, distribution images, or other information on species. In time, I expect our editors leading large taxa will have an increasing number of Associate Editors which they coordinate, as this will share the work of keeping the database up to date. ... [Read more] |
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Eight proposals received funding through the GBIF campaign
Added on: 2009-01-28 14:48:03 by Ward Appeltans | | In late 2008, small grants were awarded to WoRMS Taxonomic Editors to assist the publication of content related to several taxa through WoRMS. We thank the Global Biodiversity Information Facility for the funding for these grants. ... [Read more] |
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Harmful Micro Algae hands-on workshop, 17-18 November 2008
Added on: 2008-11-18 11:09:24 by Ward Appeltans | | WoRMS now hosts the IOC Reference List on Toxic Algae, which provides information on more than 70 marine toxic algae. ... [Read more] |
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1st Marine Taxonomy Workshop report
Added on: 2008-10-07 15:25:28 by Ward Appeltans | | Over 55 scientists from 17 countries met at the Flanders Marine Institute and planned the completion of a World Register of Marine Species by 2010, at a MarBEF workshop. ... [Read more] |
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Discovery of a new fish species on BBC
Added on: 2008-08-18 12:15:12 by Ward Appeltans | | In a new BBC series, Kate Humble sets sail on a 2,000-mile adventure across the Pacific with a team of top natural history filmmakers and deep-water marine biologists. ... [Read more] |
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Official logo for WoRMS
Added on: 2008-08-04 12:02:47 by Ward Appeltans | | Out of 10 submissions, this logo won the competition during a plenary vote at the Marine Taxonomy Workshop in Ostend. We'd like to thank everyone for their contributions and special thanks and congratulations go to Arnaud Brecht from Paris. [Read more] |
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WoRMS now public reality after world-wide media coverage
Added on: 2008-07-24 16:49:23 by Ward Appeltans | | The news was reported in at least 21 stories in 9 languages distributed by 14 newswires, which also appeared on more than 275 media websites across 27 countries. ... [Read more] |
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Funding for contributing to the World Register of Marine Species
Added on: 2008-07-24 14:33:28 by Mark Costello | | Current and potential Taxonomic Editors are invited to submit short proposals to contribute to WoRMS. ... [Read more] |
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World Register of Marine Species inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names, at VLIZ in Ostend (Belgium)
Added on: 2008-06-24 11:04:43 by Ward Appeltans | | Marking the World Register's official inauguration, some 55 researchers from 17 countries met in Belgium to plan its completion by 2010. Leading World Register experts independently estimate that about 230,000 marine species are known to science. They also believe there are three times as many unknown (unnamed) marine species as known, for a grand total on Earth that could surpass 1 million. ... [Read more] |
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Gigantic poster advertises a million species undersea, and most awaiting a name
Added on: 2008-05-08 10:00:57 by Ward Appeltans | | WorMS is being showcased on a series of gigantic (75m long) one Million-Word Street Posters in Christchurch (New Zealand). ... [Read more] |
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WoRMS logo competition
Added on: 2008-04-25 14:35:11 by Ward Appeltans | | We still haven’t got a nice logo for our World Register of Marine Species. Therefore we launch a call for logo’s. The WoRMS logo will be used on the MarineSpecies.org website and on promotional material, such as presentations, brochures, posters, etc. ... [Read more] |
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