January 24, 2024 / by Olaf Bánki
Monthly Release January 2024
Permanent identifier: https://doi.org/10.48580/dfrdl
Catalogue of Life (COL) is an assembly of expert-based global species checklists with the aim to build a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. As a global consortium, we aim to address the needs of researchers, policy-makers, environmental managers and the wider public for a consistent and up-to-date listing of all the world’s known species. We are happy to announce that we have just published the Catalogue of Life January 2024 online!
The Catalogue of Life contains over 2,1 million accepted species. About 1.99 million are living species, and the rest are extinct. A large community of taxonomists, over 500 experts globally, representing 163 data sources is underpinning this global species list. Although the Catalogue of Life aspires to cover all described extant species, there are still deficiencies for particular taxonomic groups.
A detailed list of source changes can be found in ChecklistBank where you can also view changes between other releases.
What’s new in the January edition?
83 checklists updated:
- 3i Auchenorrhyncha
- Entiminae
- GLI (Lepidoptera)
- ICTV
- Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
- Scarabs
- SF Coleorrhyncha
- SF Dermaptera
- SF Embioptera
- SF Grylloblattodea
- SF Isoptera
- SF Mantophasmatodea
- SF Orthoptera
- SF Plecoptera
- SF Psocodea
- SF Zoraptera
- WCO (Opiliones)
- WOL (Odonata)
- WoRMS, 65 checklists
Other changes:
- Order Cucurbitales from World Plants ver. 18.2 of Nov 2023, phylum Euglenozoa from IRMNG of 2023-05-19 re-synced.
