Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

The World Register of Marine species (WoRMS) has been established for a decade. The early history of the database involved compilation of existing global and regional species registers. This aggregation, combined with changes to data types and the changing needs of WoRMS users, has resulted in an ev...

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Main Authors: Tammy Horton, Serge Gofas, Andreas Kroh, Gary C.B. Poore, Geoffrey Read, Gary Rosenberg, Sabine Stöhr, Nicolas Bailly, Nicole Boury-Esnault, Simone N. Brandão, Mark J. Costello, Wim Decock, Stefanie Dekeyzer, Francisco Hernandez, Jan Mees, Gustav Paulay, Leen Vandepitte, Bart Vanhoorne, Sofie Vranken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2017-12-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
Subjects:
World Register of Marine Species
WoRMS
taxonomic databases
taxonomy
nomenclature
Online Access:http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/512

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