Database Details : World List of Monogenea

Full name: World List of Monogenea UPDATED!
Short name: WoRMS Monogenea
Version: 2019-03-06
Release date: 2019-03-06
Authors/editors: Gibson D. & Bray R.
Taxonomic coverage: Animalia - Platyhelminthes - Monogenea
English name of the group: Monogenean flatworms
Number of living species 4,995
Number of living infraspecific taxa 40
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: 0
Number of synonyms: 1,312
Number of common names: 12
Total number of names: 6,360
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: Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Website: http://www.marinespecies.org
Bibliographic citation: Gibson D. & Bray R. (2019). WoRMS Monogenea: World List of Monogenea (version 2019-03-06). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.