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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (IT IS)
ITIS is a comprehensive taxonomic database.
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423 |
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Species 2000
Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth (‘The Catalogue of Life’) by 2011. It will constitute the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. Users worldwide will be able to verify the scientific name, status and classification of any known species through species checklist data drawn from an array of participating databases. It presently regroups a federation of 18 database organisations. Members relevant to marine scientists include:
CoralBase
FishBase
ProkaryoBase
BIOSIS Resources
ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
Universal Virus Database
ETI (Expert Centre for Taxonomic Identification)
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544 |
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Ocean Biogeographic Information System - OBIS
OBIS is an on-line portal to marine species distribution data (centralised and federated databases). OBIS partners are the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). OBIS is currently composed of 13 members (The Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, BATS Zooplankton, Biogeoinformatics of Hexacorals, CSIRO Marine Research, CephBase, FAO Catch and Aquaculture Production, FishBase, Fishnet, Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System, National Ocean Data Center (NODC), OBIS-SEAMAP, Seamounts Online and ZooGene). It will develop as a global network of databases providing ocean geospatial survey data, synoptic ocean environmental data, and species-specific data (taxonomy, specimen, DNA sequence, etc.).
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535 |
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AlgaeBase
Algae Base is a searchable database storing taxonomic and distribution information on seaweeds and seagrasses.
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541 |
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ANT’PHIPODA
ANT’PHIPODA is the reference centre biodiversity data for Antarctic Amphipoda at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
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476 |
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6 |
ChEssBase
ChESSBase is a site for deep-water hydrothermal vent and cold seep species, a centralised source of information for deep-water chemosynthetic ecosystems.
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485 |
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European Register of Marine Species
European Register of Marine Species is list of species, identification guides and database of taxonomic experts.
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724 |
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MASDEA
MASDEA is a marine species database for Eastern Africa
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506 |
