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Benchmarking the global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans in the fossil record Abstract. An assessment of the biodiversity of decapod crustaceans over geologic time (through 31 December 2024) records 4,225 species, 1,284 genera, and 1

New paper out by 3 of our Decapoda editors, using the data in #DecaNet

Benchmarking the global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans in the fossil record url: academic.oup.com/jcb/article/...

The call for nominations for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species 2025 is now closed.

The #toptenmarinespecies of 2025 will be announced on #taxonomistappreciationday (March 19th).

2nd Talitraits workshop: at the land-water interface On September 5 and 6, 2025, the group of Talitraits editors met to include new thematic experts, refresh the workflow for the inclusion of trait information aligned with the WoRMS taxonomic backbone, ...

The report of the second Talitraits Editor workshop (Lodz, September 2025) is now available online.

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Registration is open for GuardIAS Summer School 2026, with a focus on e-DNA and Invasive Species! 🌊

Explore the program and meet the trainers: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions

Don't forget to nominate your favourites for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!

Deadline = January 25th 2026

Info: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...

@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

We are calling for your nominations for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2025!

Details: marinespecies.org/news.php?p=s...

Nomination form: form.vliz.be/en/form/worm...

Deadline: Sunday January 25th 2026

@oceancensus.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be @lifewatcheric.bsky.social

A Taxon-Match tool for AlgaeBase, based on the WoRMS Taxon Match A taxon-match tool built on AlgaeBase is now available through the LifeWatch eLab, with the same functionalities as the WoRMS taxon-match tool.

New tool just launched:

A Taxon-Match tool for AlgaeBase, based on the @marinespecies.bsky.social Taxon Match

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Tribute to Denise Bellan-Santini (1937-2025), one of the founding editors of #ERMS and Amphipoda editor in @marinespecies.bsky.social

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WoRMS and WRiMS are currently present at the @onestop-project.eu datathon in Brussels (25-27/11).

Goals: (1) updating national species lists of (invasive) alien species (IAS) and (2) the generation of an aggregated list of IAS in Europe.

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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!

Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!

Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration

@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity

Etymology of #marinespecies - Decoding the bare necessities of decapod crustacean nomenclature through the ages. PeerJ 13:e20337 doi.org/10.7717/peer...

all data in www.decanet.info

@lifewatchvliz.bsky.social

Join the first GuardIAS & @invasivesnet.bsky.social
virtual conference, Nov 13-14!

We're focusing on preventing invasive alien species introductions & biosecurity risk assessment.

Registration is FREE! Sign up 👉 guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...

#GuardIAS #InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity

Tribute to Denise Bellan-Santini, an amphipod expert who was one of the founding editors of #ERMS, the European Register of Marine Species, which later evolved into @marinespecies.bsky.social .

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Edaphobase adopts Nemys as taxonomic backbone for nematodes As part of a collaboration between WoRMS and Edaphobase, the World Database of Nematodes (Nemys) has been integrated as the official taxonomic backbone for Nematoda in Edaphobase.

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Registration for @wcmb2026.bsky.social will start on November 17th, but you can find information about the conference rates here: wcmb2026.org/rates

You can find more information about the themes and sessions of @wcmb2026.bsky.social here: wcmb2026.org/sessions-the...

Abstract submissions for @wcmb2026.bsky.social are now OPEN!

Want to contribute your ideas, research, and insights? Start preparing your abstract today!

Details: www.wcmb2026.org/call-abstracts

@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity

We are currently at the @guardias.bsky.social GA meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece.

@marinespecies.bsky.social and its introduced species register #WRiMS are part of work package 1, which aims to integrate data from global and regional #IAS sources.

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New WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) Sep 2025: welcome Jan Mees @janmees.bsky.social and thanks Lauren Hughes for all the time and efforts!

Shane Ahyong & Chris Boyko unanimously re-elected as chair & co-chair!

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Delivering on the Ocean Decade objectives: taxonomy experts from our sister institute INVEMAR in Colombia working in Oostende with @marinespecies.bsky.social @vliz.be @marineregions.bsky.social towards a National Register of Marine Species for Colombia.

VLIZ @vliz.be recruits (2x):

- WoRMS #marinespecies Data Scientist
- Biodiversity Data Scientist/Manager

vliz.be/en/jobs @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social

There are currently 9,492 marine sponge species recognised in WoRMS. 🧽 With more discoveries to be made, the Ocean Census Science Network needs more sponge experts.

Come and chat to us at the World Sponge Conference to find out how you can support species discovery.

@wscommunity.bsky.social

Cleanup of the feedingtype attribute The feedingtype attribute has been split into three different attributes: (1) Ecological interactions, (2) Trophic level, and (3) Feeding method.

The feedingtype attribute in @marinespecies.bsky.social has been split into three different attributes: (1) Ecological interactions, (2) Trophic level, and (3) Feeding method.

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Did you know? Today is World Elephant Day (the marine edition!) Elephants hold a special place in the hearts and traditions of cultures worldwide. Today is a day to reflect on their importance and the urgent need for their conservation🐘.

Did you know? Today is World Elephant Day (the marine edition!)

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Introducing the World List of Myxozoa Today is the launch day for the World List of Myxozoa, a Global Species Database under the umbrella of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Introducing the World List of Myxozoa

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July 2025 version of the Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG) released for download: 515,601 genus names (+6,7k new) irmng.org/download.php

@lifewatchvliz.bsky.social #TonyRees @unoceandecade.bsky.social #marinespecies

This week we are at the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social BEeS Conference at HCMR-IMBBC in Crete.

We are chairing a session dedicated to Taxonomy later today.

Come and play our “Shell I reveal myself” game at our booth!

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TETTRIS @tettris.eu Taxonomic Name Linking Services Deliverable (TNLS) - Task 1 finished: defining a common list of in-and output fields for taxon matching #progress

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Report online - WoRMS Steering Committee (SC) 22-24 Apr 2025, Ostend #marinespecies

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Awardees for the 2025 WoRMS Achievement & Early Career Researcher Award: Sammy De Grave & Sávio Gabriel Gomes Pereira #marinespecies

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