Database details
| Full name: | SpidCat: The World Spider Catalog |
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| Short name: | SpidCat |
| Version: | 8.5, Jan 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-01-07 |
| Authors/editors: | Platnick N.I. & Raven R.J. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Arachnida - Araneae |
| English name of the group: | Spiders |
| Number of species: | 34,245 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 660 |
| Number of synonyms: | 0 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 34,905 |
| Abstract: | A successor to 14 published volumes by Bonnet, Roewer, Brignoli, and Platnick, the World Spider Catalog aims to provide listings of all currently valid species, genera, and families of spiders, all their synonyms, and all significant taxonomic references to each species, from Linnaeus to date. The version available on the web is updated semiannually; the database version is updated as funding opportunities allow. |
| Organization: | American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia |
| Website: |
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ |