marinespecies.org

The aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature.

The content of WoRMS is controlled by taxonomic experts, not by database managers. WoRMS has an editorial management system where each taxonomic group is represented by an expert who has the authority over the content, and is responsible for controlling the quality of the information. Each of these main taxonomic editors can invite several specialists of smaller groups within their area of responsibility to join them.

link--http://www.marinespecies.org/

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encyclopedia of life

This site gives information about various species in the world


The Learning and Education Group, based at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, seeks to explore and promote EOL's use in schools and universities and for citizen science. It will also collaborate with "informal education" groups, such as natural history museums and nature centers to show how EOL can extend learning beyond the classroom walls. Citizen scientists are another important partner for EOL, helping to provide species data and information while at the same time reaching out to other interested individuals and groups through the EOL networks.

The Encyclopedia of Life is an unprecedented global partnership between the scientific community and the general public. Our goal is to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world’s organisms. Anybody can register as an EOL member and add text, images, videos, comments or tags to EOL pages. Expert curators ensure quality of the core collection by authenticating materials submitted by diverse projects and individual contributors. Together we can make EOL the best, most comprehensive source for biodiversity information

link --http://www.eol.org/

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