Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Bryozoa: World Marine Bryozoa Database NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Bryozoa |
| Version: | Dec 2010 |
| Release date: | 2010-12-10 |
| Authors/editors: | Bock P. & Gordon D. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Bryozoa |
| English name of the group: | Bryozoans, moss animals |
| Number of species: | 5,686 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 200 |
| Number of synonyms: | 243 |
| Number of common names: | 95 |
| Total number of names: | 6,224 |
| Abstract: | This first ever world database of extant marine bryozoan species is the result of long term accumulation of taxonomic information from the literature. It is the most recent and up-to-date census of the taxon available. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: | Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/ |