| Full name: |
World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Isopoda |
| Version: |
2015-02-01 |
| Release date: |
2015-02-01 |
| 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 |
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Number of species |
10,260 |
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Number of infraspecific taxa |
601 |
| Number of synonyms: |
2,668 |
| Number of common names: |
120 |
| Total number of names: |
13,048 |
| 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
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