List of biodiversity databases
This is a list of biodiversity databases. Biodiversity databases store taxonomic information which provide information on the biodiversity of a particular area or group of living organisms. They may store specimen-level information, species-level information, information on nomenclature, or any combination of the above. Most are available online.
Specimen-focused databases contain data about individual specimens, as represented by vouchered museum specimens, collections of specimen photographs, data on field-based specimen observations and morphological or genetic data. Species-focused databases contain information summarised at the species-level. Some species-focused databases attempt to compile comprehensive data about particular species (FishBase), while others focus on particular species attributes, such as checklists of species in a given area (FEOW) or the conservation status of species (CITES or IUCN Red List). Nomenclators act as summaries of taxonomic revisions and set a key between specimen-focused and species-focused databases. They do this because taxonomic revisions use specimen data to determine species limits.
| Name | Focus | Collection |
|---|---|---|
| All Catfish Species Inventory [1] | Catfish | information collated by genera, including estimated numbers of species, taxonomic experts |
| Arctos [2] | Specimen holdings of several natural history museums, agencies, and accessible private collections | Vertebrates, invertebrates, parasites, vascular and non-vascular plants, many with images and extensive usage data. |
| AntWeb [3] | Ants | Specimen information, collection details, photographs, higher taxonomy |
| ASEAN Biodiversity Information Sharing Service (BISS) [4] | Amphibians, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, edible plants, freshwater fishes, mammals, plants, reptiles and Malesian mosses of Southeast Asia | IUCN status, habitat, regional presence/absence, description, classification |
| CITES species database [5] | all species ever listed in CITES Appendices I, II or III | scientific names, higher taxonomy, distribution, photos and CITES quotas |
| FishBase [6] | Fish | higher taxonomy, common names, distribution, IUCN Redlist status |
| Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) [7] | Freshwater ecoregions | Maps of species and endemic numbers. |
| HerpNET [8] | Amphibians and reptiles | amphibian/reptile distributions. |
| Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) [9] | Australian plants | Taxonomic information, collection details, photographs |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) [10] | all taxa of interest to North America, with other taxa included as available | taxonomic information, including higher taxonomy |
| NatureServe [11] | plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada | an authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species. |
| WikiSpecies [12] | All forms of life | Higher taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names, references |
| A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) [13] | European taxa | Authoritative taxonomic checklist of European species, including higher taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names and European distribution |
| Naturdata [14] | Portuguese taxa | Checklist of Portuguese species including mainland and islands with a page for each species including taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names, images, videos and Portuguese distribution |
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- ^ "All Catfish Species Inventory". http://silurus.acnatsci.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Arctos". http://arctos.database.museum. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ "AntWeb". http://www.antweb.org. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "ASEAN Biodiversity Information Sharing Service". http://www.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=342&Itemid=137. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "CITES-listed species database". http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes". http://www.fishbase.org. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World". http://www.feow.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "HerpNET". http://www.herpnet.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Integrated Botanical Information System". http://www.cpbr.gov.au/anbg/index-ibis.html. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System". http://www.itis.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life". http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Wikispecies, free species directory". http://species.wikimedia.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ "A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI)". http://www.eu-nomen.eu/. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Naturdata - Biodiversidade online". http://naturdata.com/. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
