WoRCS: World Register of marine Cave Species
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Gerovasileiou, V.; Martínez García, A.; Álvarez Noguera, F.; Boxshall, G.; Humphreys, W.F.; Jaume, D.; Becking, L.E.; Muricy, G.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Yamasaki, H.; Bailly, N.; Iliffe, T.M. (2026). World Register of Marine Cave Species (WoRCS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/worcs on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.14284/351
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Gerovasileiou, Vasilis Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) aims to create a comprehensive taxonomic and ecological database of species known from marine and anchialine cave environments worldwide. more
The assembled data will form a Thematic Species Database (TSD) of WoRMS. The cave-related information will be managed by the WoRCS thematic editors in collaboration with the taxonomic editors of WoRMS, who manage the taxonomic content. The creation of this database will allow for an accurate assessment of the diversity and distribution of such faunas, and will provide information vital for evidence-based conservation. Scope Themes: Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Brackish water · Cavernicolous species · Caves · Classification · Species · Taxonomy · World · Annelida · Arthropoda · Brachiopoda · Bryozoa · Cephalorhyncha · Chaetognatha · Chordata · Chromista · Echinodermata · Gastrotricha · Mollusca · Nematoda · Phoronida · Porifera · Rotifera · Sipuncula · Tardigrada Geographical coverage World [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress] Taxonomic coverage
Annelida [WoRMS]
Arthropoda [WoRMS]
Brachiopoda [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Cephalorhyncha [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Chordata [WoRMS]
Chromista [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Gastrotricha [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Phoronida [WoRMS]
Porifera [WoRMS]
Rotifera [WoRMS]
Sipuncula [WoRMS]
Tardigrada [WoRMS]
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Taxonomy Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, database developer
Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, data creator, taxonomic editor, data manager Martínez García, Alejandro, data creator, taxonomic editor Álvarez Noguera, Fernando, data creator, taxonomic editor Boxshall, Geoff, data creator, taxonomic editor Humphreys, William, data creator, taxonomic editor Jaume, Damià, data creator, taxonomic editor Becking, Leontine, data creator, taxonomic editor Muricy, Guilherme, data creator, taxonomic editor van Hengstum, Peter, data creator, taxonomic editor Yamasaki, Hiroshi, data creator, taxonomic editor Bailly, Nicolas, data creator, taxonomic editor Iliffe, Thomas, data creator, taxonomic editor
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Published in: WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, more Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2016-05-12
Information last updated: 2026-02-23
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