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600 randomly selected marine species from WoRMS, described between 2013 and 2017 with metrics extracted from their original descriptions
Citable as data publication
WoRMS Data Management Team; (2023): 600 randomly selected marine species from WoRMS, described between 2013 and 2017 with metrics extracted from their original descriptions. Marine Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.14284/591
Contact: WoRMS Data Management Team (VLIZ), more

Archived data
Dedicated website
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
This dataset consists of a random selection of 600 marine accepted species from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), all described between 2013 and 2017. We have considered all species originally described as new, irrespective of whether they have subsequently been synonymized; however, nominal taxa originally described at a rank lower than species (i.e., subspecies and/or, in the case of taxa under the Code of Botanical Nomenclature, variety) are not included. Prokaryotes and viruses were not included. The original publication containing their descriptions was consulted and several attributes were documented on (a) the species and its ecological/geographical origin, (b) the context of its discovery, (c) the scientific publication and its authorship.

Scope
Themes:
Biology
Keywords:
Biodiversity, Marine environment, Metrics, Species description, Species diversity, Taxonomy, Acanthocephala, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chlorophyta, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Entoprocta, Foraminifera, Gastrotricha, Gnathostomulida, Microsporidia, Mollusca, Myzozoa, Nematoda, Nemertea, Ochrophyta, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, Porifera, Rhodophyta, Tardigrada, Xenacoelomorpha

Temporal coverage
2013 - 2017
Not relevant

Taxonomic coverage
Acanthocephala [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Chlorophyta [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Entoprocta [WoRMS]
Foraminifera [WoRMS]
Gastrotricha [WoRMS]
Gnathostomulida [WoRMS]
Microsporidia [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Myzozoa [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Nemertea [WoRMS]
Ochrophyta [WoRMS]
Phoronida [WoRMS]
Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Rhodophyta [WoRMS]
Tardigrada [WoRMS]
Xenacoelomorpha [WoRMS]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee; WoRMS Data Management Team, moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Project
WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more

Publication
Describing this dataset
Bouchet, P. et al. (2023). Marine biodiversity discovery: The metrics of new species descriptions. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.929989, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2023-01-25
Information last updated: 2023-08-24
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