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WoRCS: World Register of marine Cave Species
Citable as data publication
Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez García, A.; Álvarez Noguera, F.; Boxshall, G.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; Becking, L.E.; Muricy, G.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Yamasaki, H.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2019). World Register of Marine Cave Species (WoRCS). Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/worcs on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/351
Contact:
Gerovasileiou, Vasilis Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) aims to create a comprehensive taxonomic and ecological database of species known from marine and anchialine cave environments worldwide. more
The assembled data will form a Thematic Species Database (TSD) of WoRMS. The cave-related information will be managed by the WoRCS thematic editors in collaboration with the taxonomic editors of WoRMS, who manage the taxonomic content. The creation of this database will allow for an accurate assessment of the diversity and distribution of such faunas, and will provide information vital for evidence-based conservation. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine, Cavernicolous species, Caves, Classification, Species, Taxonomy, World, Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Cephalorhyncha, Chaetognatha, Chordata, Chromista, Echinodermata, Gastrotricha, Mollusca, Nematoda, Phoronida, Porifera, Rotifera, Sipuncula, Tardigrada Geographical coverage World [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress] Taxonomic coverage
Annelida [WoRMS]
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Brachiopoda [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Cephalorhyncha [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Chromista [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Gastrotricha [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Phoronida [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
Sipuncula [WoRMS]
Tardigrada [WoRMS]
Parameter
Taxonomy Contributors
Yamasaki, Hiroshi van Hengstum, Peter Muricy, Guilherme Martínez García, Alejandro Jaume, Damià Iliffe, Thomas Humphreys, William Gerovasileiou, Vasilis Boxshall, Geoff Becking, Leontine Bailly, Nicolas Álvarez Noguera, Fernando Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, database developer
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Published in: WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2016-05-12
Information last updated: 2019-04-08
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The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is financed by the European Union under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.