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Global Coordination and Standardisation in Marine Biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and Related Databases

The World Register of Marine Species is an over 90% complete open-access inventory of all marine species names. Here we illustrate the scale of the problems with species names, synonyms, and their classification, and describe how WoRMS publishes online quality assured information on marine species....

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Main Authors: Costello, Mark J., Bouchet, Philippe, Boxshall, Geoff, Fauchald, Kristian, Gordon, Dennis, Hoeksema, Bert W., Poore, Gary C. B., van Soest, Rob W. M., Stöhr, Sabine, Walter, T. Chad, Vanhoorne, Bart, Decock, Wim, Appeltans, Ward
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3541386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23505408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629