Source databases

Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist is compiled from the following databases:

Source databaseTaxonomic coverageAccepted scientific names

AlgaeBase

Seaweeds and other algae, including blue-green algae (cyanophyta or cyanobacteria); seagrasses

38278

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Australian Faunal Directory [AFD]

Snails and slugs (some groups)

978

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Bacteriology Insight Orienting System [BIOS]

Bacteria, Archaea

6997

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BioSystematic Database of World Diptera [BDWD]

Flies, mosquitoes, bots, midges and gnats

131152

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CABI Species Fungorum [Species Fungorum]

Fungi; Protozoan fungi; Chromistan fungi

25587

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Catalogue of Craneflies of the World [CCW]

Craneflies

15610

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CephBase

Cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus)

805

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Computer-Aided Identification of Phlebotomine Sandflies of the Americas [CIPA]

Phlebotomine sandflies

419

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FishBase

Pisces

28797

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Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) [Global Tineidae Moth Database]

Clothes-moths

2346

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Hexacorallians of the World

Sea anemones

738

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Home of the Xylariaceae [Xylariaceae]

Fungi associated with dead wood

277

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ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database [ICTVdB]

Viruses

2844

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ILDIS World Database of Legumes [ILDIS]

Legumes

22826

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System [ITIS]

Animals, plants, Chromista, protozoans

158884

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International Organization for Plant Information [IOPI]

Cycads, rushes, eucalypts, she-oaks, magnolias and Irvingiaceae

2606

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Moss TROPICOS: the World Checklist of Mosses [MOST]

Mosses

12506

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Orthoptera Species File Database [Orthoptera Species File]

Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets

25270

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Phyllachorales: Species Fungorum [Phyllachorales]

Tropical tar-spot fungi

1329

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Rhytismatales: Species Fungorum [Rhytismatales]

Fungi on conifers (especially)

437

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Scale Net: Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World [ScaleNet]

Scale insects

7190

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Scarabaeidae

Scarabid beetles

18043

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Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life [Catalogue of Life]

All taxa (additional common names)

0

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The World Spider Catalog [World Spider Catalog]

Spiders

38630

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TITAN

Longicorn beetles, timber beetles

15181

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Trichomycetes + Amoebidiaceae [Trichomycetes]

Fungi Associated with Arthropods

238

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UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms [URMO]

Marine invertebrates and chordates

7568

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World Biodiversity Database

Krill

86

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World Database of Fleas [Parhost]

Fleas

2804

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Zygomycetes: Species Fungorum [Zygomycetes]

Zygomycetes

539

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