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