In the 2012 Annual Checklist

There are 14 new taxonomic databases:

• ChenoBase: World Species List of Chenopodiaceae

• CilCat: The World Ciliate Catalog

• EbenaBase: World Species List of Ebenaceae

• Global Strepsiptera Database

• MELnet: Melastomataceae.Net

• Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database

• WoRMS Brachyura: World List of Marine Brachyura

• WoRMS Echinoidea: World Echinoidea Database

• WoRMS Holothuroidea: World List of Holothuroidea

• WoRMS Hydrozoa: World Hydrozoa Database

• WoRMS Leptostraca: World Leptostraca Database

• WoRMS Polycystina: World List of Polycystina

• WoRMS Scaphopoda: World List of Scaphopoda

• WoRMS Tanaidacea: World List of Tanaidacea

 

Plus new global checklists from ITIS:

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Maxillopoda - Calanoida - family Aetideidae

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - order Mecoptera

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - families Bostrichidae, Dytiscidae, Histeridae & Hydraenidae

 

44 taxonomic databases have been updated:

• 3i Cicadellinae: 3i interactive keys and taxonomic databases, subfamily Cicadellinae

• 3i Typhlocybinae: 3i interactive keys and taxonomic databases, subfamily Typhlocybinae

• AnnonBase: World Species List of Annonaceae

• BdelloideaBase: Bdellid & Cunaxid Databases

• BlattodeaSF: Blattodea Species File (trial upload)

• CIPA: Computer Aided Identification of Phlebotomine sandflies of Americas

• Conifer Database (updated twice in a year cycle)

• COOL: Cercopoidea Organised On Line

• ELPT: Early Land Plants Today (liverworts and hornworts)

• FishBase (updated twice in a year cycle)

• FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists On the WEB

• FWCrabs: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs Catalogue

• GCC: Global Compositae Checklist

• ITIS (superfamily Buprestoidea and family Tetratomidae from Coleoptera)

• LIAS: A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes

• Nomen.eumycetozoa.com

• Odonata: Global Species Database Odonata

• Psyl'list: Psylloidea database

• Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (updated twice in a year cycle)

• SpmWeb: Spider Mites Web

• Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)

• TITAN: Cerambycidae database

• WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• World Gracillariidae: Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae

• WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database

• WoRMS Bochusacea: World List of Bochusacea

• WoRMS Brachiopoda: World Brachiopoda Database

• WoRMS Brachypoda: World List of Brachypoda

• WoRMS Bryozoa: World Marine Bryozoa Database

• WoRMS Cumacea: World Cumacea Database

• WoRMS Isopoda: World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

• WoRMS Mystacocarida: World List of Mystacocarida

• WoRMS Nemertea: World List of Nemertea

• WoRMS Oligochaeta: World List of Marine Oligochaeta

• WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea Database

• WoRMS Phoronida: World Phoronida Database

• WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta Database

• WoRMS Porifera: World Porifera Database

• WoRMS Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia: World database of Proseriata & Kalyptorhynchia

• WoRMS Remipedia: World Remipedia Database

• WoRMS Tantulocarida: World List of Tantulocarida

• WoRMS Thermosbaenacea: World List of Thermosbaenacea

• WoRMS Xenoturbellida

• ZOBODAT Vespoidea: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea)


Other changes:

• ITIS database has been split for ITIS Global (with global checklists) and ITIS Regional (with New World checklists of various dates, completeness and geographical coverage)

• Two WoRMS databases, Brachiopoda World Database and Phoronida World Database, are credited separately now




In previous editions of the Catalogue of Life through a year cycle

In the Catalogue of Life, 3rd February 2012

There are five new taxonomic databases:

• ChenoBase: World Species List of Chenopodiaceae

• CilCat: The World Ciliate Catalog

• EbenaBase: World Species List of Ebenaceae

• Umbellifers: World Umbellifer Database

• WoRMS Hydrozoa: World Hydrozoa Database

 

Eleven taxonomic databases have been updated:

• AnnonBase: World Species List of Annonaceae

• ELPT: Early Land Plants Today (liverworts and hornworts)

• FishBase (2nd update in a year)

• FWCrabs: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs Catalogue

• GCC: Global Compositae Checklist

• Odonata: Global Species Database Odonata

• Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (2nd update in a year)

• Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)

• TITAN: Cerambycidae database

• WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• ZOBODAT Vespoidea: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea)


Other changes:

• ITIS database has been split for ITIS Global (with global checklists) and ITIS Regional (with New World checklists of various dates, completeness and geographical coverage)

• Two WoRMS databases, Brachiopoda World Database and Phoronida World Database, are credited separately now




In the Catalogue of Life, 5th December 2011

There are seven new global checklists from WoRMS:

• WoRMS Brachyura: World List of Marine Brachyura

• WoRMS Echinoidea: World Echinoidea Database

• WoRMS Holothuroidea: World List of Holothuroidea

• WoRMS Leptostraca: World Leptostraca Database

• WoRMS Polycystina: World List of Polycystina

• WoRMS Scaphopoda: World List of Scaphopoda

• WoRMS Tanaidacea: World List of Tanaidacea

 

Nineteen WoRMS checklists have been updated:

• WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database

• WoRMS Bochusacea: World List of Bochusacea

• WoRMS Brachiopoda: World Brachiopoda Database

• WoRMS Brachypoda: World List of Brachypoda

• WoRMS Bryozoa: World Marine Bryozoa Database

• WoRMS Cumacea: World Cumacea Database

• WoRMS Isopoda: World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

• WoRMS Mystacocarida: World List of Mystacocarida

• WoRMS Nemertea: World List of Nemertea

• WoRMS Oligochaeta: World List of Marine Oligochaeta

• WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea Database

• WoRMS Phoronida: World Phoronida Database

• WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta Database

• WoRMS Porifera: World Porifera Database

• WoRMS Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia: World database of Proseriata & Kalyptorhynchia

• WoRMS Remipedia: World Remipedia Database

• WoRMS Tantulocarida: World List of Tantulocarida

• WoRMS Thermosbaenacea: World List of Thermosbaenacea

• WoRMS Xenoturbellida




In the Catalogue of Life, 24th October 2011

There is a new taxonomic database:

• Global Strepsiptera Database by J. Kathirithamby.

 

Eleven taxonomic databases have been updated:

• 3i Cicadellinae,

• 3i Typhlocybinae,

• BdelloideaBase (former CunaxidBase; new family Bdellidae has been added),

• BlattodeaSF (trial upload),

• CIPA,

• Conifer Database (new release),

• COOL,

• FLOW,

• Nomen.eumycetozoa.com,

• Psyl'list,

• World Gracillariidae.

 

Apology:

The CoL assembly process continues to be in transition from "old" to "new" base schema and data processing software. Due to these major changes, some data may appear in a raw form or even not be displayed in present interface version. We apologize for any possible inconvenience.




In the Catalogue of Life, 26th July 2011

There is a new taxonomic database:

• MELnet: Melastomataceae.Net database by S.S. Renner & al.

Thus, CoL of July 2011 celebrates an arrival of 100th database.

 

New global checklists from ITIS:

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Maxillopoda - Calanoida - family Aetideidae

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - order Mecoptera

• Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - families Bostrichidae, Dytiscidae, Histeridae & Hydraenidae

 

Six taxonomic databases have been updated:

• FishBase,

• LIAS,

• Scarabs,

• Conifer Database (additional references),

• SpmWeb,

• ITIS (superfamily Buprestoidea and family Tetratomidae from Coleoptera)

 

Other improvements:

• Accepted names and synonyms passed additional cleanings in the database