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Journal article
Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species
European journal of taxonomy, v 389(389), pp 1-24
28 Dec 2017
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Abstract
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 evolution of data-entry consistency over time. With the task of aggregating the accepted species names for all marine species approaching completion, our focus has shifted to improving the consistency and quality of data held while keeping pace with the addition of > 2000 new marine species described annually. This paper defines priorities and longer-term aims that promote standardisation within and interoperability among biodiversity databases, provides editors with further information on how to input nomenclatural data in a standardised way and clarifies for users of WoRMS how and why names are represented as they are. We 1) explain the categories of names included; 2) list standard reasons used to explain why a name is considered 'unaccepted' or 'uncertain'; 3) present and explain the more difficult situations encountered; 4) describe categories of sources and notes linked to a taxon; and 5) recommend how type material, type locality and environmental information should be entered.
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- Title
- Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species
- Creators
- Tammy Horton - National Oceanography CentreSerge Gofas - Dept Biologia AnimalAndreas Kroh - Natural History Museum ViennaGary C. B. Poore - Museums VictoriaGeoffrey Read - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric ResearchGary Rosenberg - Drexel UniversitySabine Stohr - Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryNicolas Bailly - Hellenic Centre for Marine ResearchNicole Boury-Esnault - Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and EcologySimone N. Brandao - Federal University of Rio Grande do NorteMark J. Costello - Institute of Marine ScienceWim Decock - Flanders Marine InstituteStefanie Dekeyzer - Flanders Marine InstituteFrancisco Hernandez - Flanders Marine InstituteJan Mees - Flanders Marine InstituteGustav Paulay - Florida Museum of Natural HistoryLeen Vandepitte - Flanders Marine InstituteBart Vanhoorne - Flanders Marine InstituteSofie Vranken - Flanders Marine Institute
- Publication Details
- European journal of taxonomy, v 389(389), pp 1-24
- Publisher
- Museum Natl Histoire Naturelle
- Number of pages
- 24
- Grant note
- noc010009 / Natural Environment Research Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) SI2.657705 / EMODnet Biology II LifeWatch SI2.531562 / EMODnet Biology I noc010009 / NERC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Malacology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000418911500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85041602747
- Other Identifier
- 991019169699204721
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