Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Census of Marine Life lists 122,500 known species, over halfway to complete inventory by Oct. 2010

Census of Marine Life lists 122,500 known species, over halfway to complete inventory by Oct. 2010


World Register of Marine Species inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names; over 56,000 aliases for ocean species identified. Census of Marine Life-affiliated scientists consolidating world databases of ocean organisms have demoted to alias status almost one-third of all names culled from 34 regional and highly specialized inventories. The new...


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