[Annelida] WoRMS in the news

[Geoff Read]

FYI

If you use WoRMS here is a today's news release summary of some activities there, plus the early interpretation of it by some journalists.  Expect more versions.

Although editing is done by volunteers, funding for infrastructure and the work of fulltime staff running the Aphia database itself at VLIZ  Belgium currently comes through LifeWatch, the European e-infrastructure for biodiversity research. LifeWatch has also recently funded some short-term data input projects, helpfully including some polychaete work in Syllidae, Siboglinidae, and Terebellidae.

Original:  http://www.lifewatch.be/en/2015.03.12-WoRMS-LifeWatch-press-release

http://www.nature.com/news/dolphins-diatoms-and-sea-dragons-join-census-of-all-known-marine-life-1.17094

http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-environment-seas-idINKBN0M800720150312

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2990729/From-frilled-shark-frogfish-finding-four-new-sea-creatures-day-Scientists-uncover-1-451-new-species-ocean-past-year-alone.html

http://oneworld.org/2015/03/08/ocean-inventory-identifies-228000-marine-species/


Please use the Polychaeta interface at WoRMS when appropriate. You'll find more information, better displayed  -  http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/index.php

Cheers,

Geoff Read  (Chief Editor World Polychaeta Database (@WPolyDb) at WoRMS)