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 …

The World Register of Marine species (WoRMS) has been established for a decade. The
early history of the database involved compilation of existing global and regional species …

A major historical challenge for the management of anthropogenic introductions of species
has been the absence of a globally standardised system for species nomenclature. For over …

Ocean biodiversity informatics (OBI) is the use of computer technologies to manage marine
biodiversity information, including data capture, storage, search, retrieval, visualisation …

Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently c. 242,000
known valid marine species living in the world's oceans and marine biota continue to be …

The European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) project has compiled a list of marine
species in Europe and a bibliography of marine species identification guides. ERMS has …

Taxonomy is the foundation of biodiversity science because it furthers discovery of new
species. Globally, there have never been so many people involved in naming species new …

The foundation of biodiversity research and management is correctly identifying and naming
species, but different names are used for the same species, and the same names for …

Taxonomic data are a scientific common. Unlike nomenclature, which has strong
governance institutions, there are currently no generally accepted governance institutions …

This paper recommends best practice for the use of open nomenclature (ON) signs
applicable to image-based faunal analyses. It is one of numerous initiatives to improve …