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. |
| "WBPBDIVDB". | A Database of Plant Biodiversity of West Bengal | Richness of floral diversity of West Bengal from Terai, Duars, Darjeeling, the eastern Himalayan region and in the mangrove forests of Sundarbans. |
| Reptile Database | Reptiles | Taxonomic information, names, photos |
| iNaturalist | all forms of life | individual observations, location checklists, taxonomic information, range maps, and other information produced by citizen science participants and pulled from other databases |
| 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 |
| Natural History Information System [11] | all forms of life, biotopes, rocks | faunistic and floristic records (citizen science and other sources), phenology, ecology, biotopes, taxonomy, paleontology, stratigraphy |
| NatureServe [12] | 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 [13] | All forms of life | Higher taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names, references |
| A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) [14] | European taxa | Authoritative taxonomic checklist of European species, including higher taxonomy, synonyms, vernacular names and European distribution |
| Naturdata [15] | 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 |
| Georgia (country) biodiversity website [16] | Georgia Biodiversity Database | Checklists covering ca. 11,000 of plants and animals recorded for Georgia (Central and Western Caucasus) |
| ScaleNet [17] | Scale insects (superfamily Coccoidea) | Nomenclature, distribution, hosts, systematics, references |
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See also
- Taxonomic database
- Biodiversity informatics
- Global biodiversity
- World Register of Marine Species
- AlgaeBase
References
- ↑ "All Catfish Species Inventory". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Arctos". Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ↑ "AntWeb". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "ASEAN Biodiversity Information Sharing Service". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "CITES-listed species database". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "HerpNET". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Integrated Biodiversity Information System". Retrieved 2015-0402. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Natural History Information System". Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life". Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Wikispecies, free species directory". Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ↑ "A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI)". Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ↑ "Naturdata - Biodiversidade online". Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ↑ "Georgian Biodiversity Database".
- ↑ "ScaleNet: Scale insect web catalog".