Summary
(Summary adapted from the Species 2000 web site)

Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of
plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset
for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple
access point enabling users to link from it's web site to other data
systems for all groups of organisms, ... using direct species-links. A
prototype on-line version of the Annual Checklist is available,
with 4 contributing databases, covering 176,508 species, 96,556
synonyms, 90,865 common names, and 14,999 references.

Users worldwide will be able to verify the scientific name, status and
classification of any known species via the Species Locator, which
provides access to species checklist data drawn from an array of
participating databases. Some of the taxonomic groups being addressed
by the organisations starting the Species 2000 programme are as
follows: Viruses, Bacteria, Corals, Molluscs, Crustacea, Diptera,
Ichneumon Wasps, Moths & Butterflies, Curculionid Beetles, Fishes,
Birds, Mammals, Fungi, Cacti, Palms, Legumes, Umbellifers and Fossil
Plants.

Service Citation

Originators: International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Title: Species 2000, Indexing the World's Known Species Provider: Species 2000 Federation

Service Keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >CATALOGING

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >BACTERIA/ARCHAEA BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES >FISH BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >FUNGI BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >PROTISTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Ancillary Keywords

Taxonomy Nomenclature Biodiversity Plants Animals

Service Provider

U-READING/SPS/CPDS > Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading Service Organization URL: http://www.systematics.reading.ac.uk/ Service Provider Personnel Name: SPECIES 2000 SECRETARIAT Phone: +44 118 931 6466 Fax: +44 118 975 3676 Email: sp2000 at sp2000.org Contact Address: Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading, City: Reading Postal Code: RG6 6AS Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Electronic Distribution_Format: HTML

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA FRANK BISBY Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 0118 931 6437 Email: F.A.Bisby at sp2000.org Contact Address: International Legume Database Information Service University of Reading Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics School of Plant Sciences City: Reading Postal Code: RG6 6AS Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 1999-12-16 SERF Last Revision Date: 2006-03-29

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