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 <dc:title>World Register of Marine Species</dc:title>
 
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 <dc:bibliographicCitation>Appeltans W, Bouchet P, Boxshall GA, Fauchald K, Gordon DP, Hoeksema BW, Poore GCB, van Soest RWM, Stöhr S, Walter TC, Costello MJ. (eds) (2010). The World Register of Marine Species. Aphia version 2010-08-09.</dc:bibliographicCitation>
 
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 <dc:abstract>The aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature.</dc:abstract>
 
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  The aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature.
  
  The content of WoRMS is controlled by taxonomic experts, not by database managers. WoRMS has an editorial management system where each taxonomic group is represented by an expert who has the authority over the content, and is responsible for controlling the quality of the information. Each of these main taxonomic editors can invite several specialists of smaller groups within their area of responsibility to join them.
  
  This register of marine species grew out of the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS), and its combination with several other species registers maintained at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Rather than building separate registers for all projects, and to make sure taxonomy used in these different projects is consistent, VLIZ developed a consolidated database called ‘Aphia’. A list of marine species registers included in Aphia is available below. MarineSpecies.org is the web interface for this database. The WoRMS is an idea that is being developed, and will combine information from Aphia with other authoritative marine species lists which are maintained by others (e.g. AlgaeBase, FishBase, Hexacorallia, NeMys).
  
  Resources to build MarineSpecies.org and Aphia were provided mainly by the EU Network of Excellence ‘Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning’ (MarBEF), and also by the EU funded Species 2000 Europe and ERMS projects. Intellectual property rights of the European part of the register is managed through the Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD). Similar solutions are now being investigated for the other parts of the register.
  
  Aphia contains valid species names, synonyms and vernacular names, and extra information such as literature and biogeographic data. Besides species names, Aphia also contains the higher classification in which each scientific name is linked to its parent taxon. The classification used is a ‘compromise’ between established systems and recent changes. Its aim is to aid data management, rather than suggest any taxonomic or phylogenetic opinion on species relationships.
  
  Keeping WoRMS up-to-date is a continuous process. New information is entered daily by the taxonomic editors and by the members of our data management team. Often data also come in from contributions of large datasets, such as global or regional species lists. No database of this size is without errors and omissions. We can’t promise to make no errors, but we do promise to follow up and give feedback on any communications pointing out errors. Feedback is very welcome!
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 <dc:subject>Marine;Taxonomy;Species Checklist;Authoritative;Specimens</dc:subject>
 
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 <dc:source>http://www.marinespecies.org/</dc:source>
 
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 <dc:isFormatOf>http://www.marinespecies.org/download/Aphia20100809.zip</dc:isFormatOf>
 
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 <dc:creator>Ward Appeltans</dc:creator>
 
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 <dc:created>2010-08-09</dc:created>
 
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 <dc:publisher>Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)</dc:publisher>
 
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 <dc:contributor>A.D. Barber, Alain Robin, Alan Warren, Allen G. Collins, Andreas Kroh, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andrzej Pisera, Annalisa Berta, Antonio Todaro, Arjan Gittenberger, Belinda Alvarez, Benny K.K. Chan, Benoît Dayrat, Bernd Schierwater, Bert Hoeksema, Billie J. Swalla, Birger Neuhaus, Bruce Hayward, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Charles Fransen, Charles Krijnen, Charles Messing, Chris Boyko, Chris Glasby, Chris Vos, Christian Emig, Christine Schönberg, Christopher Mah, Claus Nielsen, Cédric D'Udekem D'Acoz, Danny Tang, Daphne Fautin, David G. Reid, David Gibson, David González Solís, David J. Marshall, David Patterson, Dennis Gordon, Dennis Opresko, Dorte Janussen, Eduardo Hajdu, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, Elena Krylova, Emilio Rolán, Enrico Schwabe, Enrique Macpherson, Eric Hochberg, Erik V. Thuesen, Eugene Coan, Frank D. Ferrari, Fred Vervaet, Frederic Sinniger, Gary Anderson, Gary Poore, Gary Rosenberg, Gary Williams, Geoff Boxshall, Geoff Read, George D.F.  Wilson, Gerhard Jarms, Gijs Kronenberg, Gill Mapstone, Gretchen Lambert, Gustav Paulay, Harry Smit, Harry ten Hove, Heinrich Schatz, Hendrik Segers, Henk Dijkstra, Hidetaka Furuya, Ilse Bartsch, Ilya Tëmkin, Ivana Karanovic, Jacob Hallermann, Jacob van der Land, James Davis Reimer, Jan Johan ter Poorten, Jan Mees, Jan Vanaverbeke, Jean Vacelet, Jean-Loup d'Hondt, Jens Hoeg, Jerry Harasewych, Jim Lowry, Jim Thomas, John F. Pilger, John Hooper, John Tucker, Jon Norenburg, José Saiz-Salinas, Ju-shey Ho, Juan T. Timi, Jürgen Kolb, Keith A. Crandall, Kenneth Meland, Kevin Monsecour, Klaus Rützler, Konstantin R. Tabachnick, Kristian Fauchald, Lanna Cheng, Larry Madin, Leen van Ofwegen, Les Watling, M.D. Guiry, Magda Blazewicz, Marc Rius, Marilyn Schotte, Mark Tasker, Martin Angel, Masayuki Osawa, Matt Longshaw, Michael Eitel, Michael Schrödl, Michelle Klautau, Mieke Boone, Morgan Churchill, Nicolas Bailly, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Nicole de Voogd, Niel L. Bruce, Noa Shenkar, Oscar Garcia-Alvarez, Patrice Bail, Patrick LaFollette, Patsy McLaughlin, Paul Kirk, Peter Davie, Peter Ng, Peter Schuchert, Peter Uetz, Phil Bock, Philippe Bouchet, Rafael Lemaitre, Reinhardt Kristensen, Renata Manconi, Richard Mooi, Rob van Soest, Roger Bamber, Roland Houart, Rosana Moreira da Rocha, Rudiger Bieler, Rudo von Cosel, Russ Hopcroft, Ruth Böttger-Schnack, Sabine Stöhr, Sarah Gerken, Serge Gofas, Sergio Salazar-Vallejo, Seth Tyler, Shane Ahyong, Simone Nunes Brandao, Slava Ivanenko, Stefan Koenemann, Stefano Taiti, Stephen Cairns, Stephen Feist, T. Chad Walter, Tarmo Timm, Thomas Cribb, Tim O'Hara, Tin-Yam Chan, Tina Molodtsova, Tohru Iseto, Tom Artois, Tomislav Karanovic, Victor Scarabino, Volker Siegel, William Foster, William Hummon, William Perrin, Wolfgang Sterrer, Yuri Kantor, Yves Terryn</dc:contributor>
 
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