Database details
Full name: | WoRMS Bryozoa: World Marine Bryozoa Database NEW! |
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Short name: | WoRMS Bryozoa |
Version: | Oct 2011 |
Release date: | 2011-10-17 |
Authors/editors: | Bock P. & Gordon D. |
Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Bryozoa |
English name of the group: | Bryozoans, moss animals |
Number of species: | 5,654 |
Number of infraspecific taxa: | 198 |
Number of synonyms: | 131 |
Number of common names: | 97 |
Total number of names: | 6,080 |
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/ |