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Taxonomic information systems

Taxonomic information systems. Africamuseum 5 June 2013. Taxonomic names are important. Key to linking data from different sources. Types of tax info systems. ‘Nomenclators’: list of names Taxonomic List of names, plus taxonomic information (author, reference for description publication…)

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Taxonomic information systems

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  1. Taxonomic information systems Africamuseum 5 June 2013

  2. Taxonomic names are important Key to linking data from different sources

  3. Types of tax info systems • ‘Nomenclators’: list of names • Taxonomic • List of names, plus taxonomic information (author, reference for description publication…) • Who’s valid?? • Species database • Information on biology, identification… • Distribution • For a group of species or for a region

  4. Indexing literature • Zoological record • Started 1864, now available electronically • Originally Linnaean Society, now commercial • Unfortunately ridiculously expensive • Some free resources • http://www.organismnames.com • http://www.biologybrowser.com/

  5. Nomenclators • Index Kewensis • Included in the IPNI database, http://www.ipni.org/index.html • Index animalium • http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/indexanimalium/ • Nomenclator Zoologicus • http://www.ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/

  6. Taxonomic databases • Global: Catalogue of Life (CoL) • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) • Species 2000 • Regional • Species 2000 Europe, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) • Marine Species Database for Eastern Africa (MASDEA) • Taxonomic • Fungi…

  7. Biogeographical DBs • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) • Many national nodes – see yesterday? • OBIS • And its regional nodes • Taxonomic names are not always integrated

  8. Species databases • FishBase • Hexacorallia • CephBase, Brachnet, NeMys… • Tree of Life project • http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html • Encyclopedia of Life

  9. FishBase

  10. Algaebase

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