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.

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) http://marinespecies.org/

Цель Мирового Реестра Морских Видов - сформировать авторитетный и исчерпывающий перечень названий морских организмов, включая информацию о синонимии. Высший приоритет принадлежит научным названиям, но другие (синонимичные) названия также включены в регистр и могут использоваться при интерпритации таксономической литературы.

WoRMS integrates:
Global Species Databases (GSD)

With an interface
World List of Amphipoda
World List of Ascidiacea
World List of Asteroidea
World List of Cetacea
World List of Copepoda
World List of Cumacea
World List of Echinoidea
World List of Foraminifera
World List of Hemichordata
World List of Hydrozoa
World List of Isopoda
World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida
World List of Mangroves
World List of Mollusca (MolluscaBase)
World List of littoral Myriapoda
World List of free-living marine Nematodes (NeMys)
World List of Ophiuroidea
World List of Ostracoda
World List of Placozoa
World List of Polychaeta
World List of Porifera
World List of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia - Rhabditophora
World List of Pycnogonida
World List of Remipedia


Regional Species Databases (RSD) [map]

With an interface
African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)
Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS)
Belgian Register of Marine Species (BeRMS)
Canadian Register of Marine Species (CaRMS)
European Register of Marine Species (ERMS)
Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)
North Atlantic Register for Marine Species (NARMS)
Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)
Hong Kong Register of Marine Species (HKRMS)

Under construction
Chinese Register of Marine Species (ChaRMS)


As a reference
Checklist Azores
Checklist Greece
Checklist Iberian
Checklist Ireland
Checklist Israel
Checklist Poland
Checklist Sweden
Gulf of Mexico Register of Marine Species
New Zealand Register of Marine Species (volume I)

Under construction
Scheldt checklist

Thematic Species Databases (TSD)

ICES North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)
IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae (HAB)
Macrobenthos of the Belgian Continental Shelf (MACROBEL)
Unesco Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)
World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS)
Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene (FreshGEN)
World Register of Marine Introduced Species (WRIMS)

Under construction
World Register of Cave Species (WoRCS)


External Global Species Databases

World List of Algae (marine), from AlgaeBase
World List of Bryozoa (recent and fossil), from Recent and Fossil Bryozoa
World List of Ctenophora, from Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names
World List of Fungi (marine), from Index Fungorum
World List of Pisces (marine), from FishBase
World List of Reptiles (marine), from The Reptile Database
World List of Rotifers (marine), from FADA
World List of Turbellaria, from Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
World List of Viruses (marine), from International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)