Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Polychaeta: World List of Polychaeta NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Polychaeta |
| Version: | Oct 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-10-17 |
| Authors/editors: | Read G. & Fauchald K. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Annelida - Polychaeta |
| English name of the group: | Bristle worms |
| Number of species: | 10,947 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 398 |
| Number of synonyms: | 6,829 |
| Number of common names: | 153 |
| Total number of names: | 18,327 |
| Abstract: | This global marine species list is a part of the World Register of Marine Species database, which aims to provide the most authoritative list of names of all marine species globally. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Wellington, New Zealand; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/ |