| Full name: |
World Polychaeta database UPDATED!
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| Short name: |
WoRMS Polychaeta |
| Version: |
2017-03-01 |
| Release date: |
2017-03-01 |
| Authors/editors: |
Read G., Fauchald K. (Ed.) . |
| Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Annelida - Polychaeta |
| English name of the group: |
Bristle worms |
|
Number of living species |
11,540 |
|
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
333 |
| Number of extinct species: |
489 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
8 |
| Number of synonyms: |
8,216 |
| Number of common names: |
236 |
| Total number of names: |
20,822 |
| Abstract: |
This global marine species list is 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/polychaeta
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Read G., Fauchald K. (Ed.) . (2017). WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta database (version 2017-03-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |
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