appears_in: []
contact:
  email: leen.vandepitte@vliz.be
  name: Leen Vandepitte
  orcid: 0000-0002-8160-7941
contributor_extras:
- email: meghan.balk@gmail.com
  github: megbalk
  name: Meghan Balk
  orcid: 0000-0003-2699-3066
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) provides an authoritative
  and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. It includes synonyms for valid
  taxonomic names allowing a more complete interpretation of taxonomic literature.
  The content of WoRMS is administered by taxonomic experts.
example: '146421'
example_extras: []
homepage: http://www.marinespecies.org/
keywords:
- biodiversity
- environmental science
- taxonomy
mappings:
  bartoc: '720'
  biocontext: WORMS
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.7g1bzj
  miriam: worms
  n2t: worms
  wikidata: P850
  wikidata.entity: Q604063
name: WoRMS-ID for taxa
namespace_in_lui: false
pattern: ^\d+$
preferred_prefix: worms
prefix: worms
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194599
  pmc: PMC5889062
  pubmed: '29624577'
  title: 'A decade of the World Register of Marine Species - General insights and
    experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned
    and how can we continue?'
  year: 2018
synonyms: []
twitter: WRMarineSpecies
uri_format: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=$1
