Global Coordination and Standardisation in Marine Biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and Related Databases

• Mark J. Costello ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Costello, Ward Appeltans

  * E-mail: m.costello@auckland.ac.nz

  Affiliation Leigh Marine Laboratory, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Philippe Bouchet,

  Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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• Geoff Boxshall,

  Affiliation The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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• Kristian Fauchald,

  Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Dennis Gordon,

  Affiliation Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Bert W. Hoeksema,

  Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Gary C. B. Poore,

  Affiliation Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Rob W. M. van Soest,

  Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Sabine Stöhr,

  Affiliation Swedish Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Stockholm, Sweden

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• T. Chad Walter,

  Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Bart Vanhoorne,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium

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• Wim Decock,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium

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• Ward Appeltans

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Costello, Ward Appeltans

  Affiliations Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO; IOC Project Office for IODE, Ostend, Belgium

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