Title: How many known species in the Ocean and in WoRMS
Abstract: Since the time of Linnaeus 250 years ago, 239,000 marine species have been described and classified into 89 Phyla. The World Register of Marine Species (Appeltans et al., 2012) is the most complete register of all marine species names worldwide. Iit holds accepted names, but also synonyms, common misspellings, and a hierarchical classification. Its online database is edited by over 200 world-leading taxonomists from 27 countries. WoRMS currently has 360,000 names for 213,000 species. The number of marine species described as new to science is growing at a current rate of 2,000 species per year. The Ocean’s biodiversity contains the following Kingdoms, (number of phyla) and currently described species:
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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