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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. (2024). World Register of Marine Cave Species (WoRCS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/worcs on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/351
Contact: Gerovasileiou, Vasilis
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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/Coastal, 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
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]
Parameters
Taxonomy
Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, database developer
Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, data creator, taxonomic editor, data manager
Martínez García, Alejandro, data creator, taxonomic editor
Álvarez Noguera, Fernando, data creator, taxonomic editor
Boxshall, Geoff, data creator, taxonomic editor
Humphreys, William, data creator, taxonomic editor
Jaume, Damià, data creator, taxonomic editor
Becking, Leontine, data creator, taxonomic editor
Muricy, Guilherme, data creator, taxonomic editor
van Hengstum, Peter, data creator, taxonomic editor
Yamasaki, Hiroshi, data creator, taxonomic editor
Bailly, Nicolas, data creator, taxonomic editor
Iliffe, Thomas, data creator, taxonomic editor
Related datasets
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: 2024-01-17
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy