Database details
| Full name: | WoRMS Isopoda: World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans NEW! |
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| Short name: | WoRMS Isopoda |
| Version: | Oct 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-10-17 |
| Authors/editors: | Schotte M., Boyko C. B, Bruce N. L., Poore G.C.B., Taiti S., Wilson G.D.F. (eds) |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Isopoda |
| English name of the group: | Pillbugs, slaters and woodlice |
| Number of species: | 10,225 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 615 |
| Number of synonyms: | 2,513 |
| Number of common names: | 101 |
| Total number of names: | 13,454 |
| Abstract: | This list began as an initiative of the US National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, maintained by the late Brian Kensley and Marilyn Schotte. It grew into a valuable resource http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ for providing nomenclature on the Isopoda: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA. This list is now reconstructed at http://www.marinespecies.org, with more detailed information on synonymies and distributions, and a capability to host more information, such as images, original literature, and specimen data. This list will be transferred on a monthly basis back to the Smithsonian site. Data have been contributed to the Catalogue of Life via the WoRMS, hosted by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). |
| Organization: | Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA |
| Website: |
http://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/ |