" As part of a project funded under the EU Marine Science and Technology and Research programme, a database is being developed of scientists with expertise in the identification of European marine species. If you live in Europe, work on the taxonomy of the marine members of any group of protists and wish to be included in the database, please send the following details to Sue Brandt at S.M.Brandt@reading.ac.uk. Further details about the project are available on the web pages:http://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk"
A REGISTER OF MARINE SPECIES IN EUROPE TO FACILITATE MARINE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT A Concerted Action project funded under the European Union MAST research programme (MAS3-CT97-0146) SHORT TITLE: European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) SUMMARY: The foundation of biodiversity research and management is correctly identifying and naming species. This project will produce a register of marine species in Europe, linked with a bibliography of identification guides, register of taxonomic experts, locations of collections of reference specimens, and an Information Pack on European marine biodiversity (based on this project’s results). The species register is novel in its geographic extent, range of taxa covered, and use of state-of-the-art World Wide Web software for publication and networking. It will be drafted by experts from published literature and existing (but more limited) species lists, circulated to a wider range of experts for comments, revised and finally verified before publication as a book. The quality of the finished product, and its wide availability to end-users, are key elements of the project. Both the draft and final versions will be in the public domain and accessible through the World Wide Web. The first phase of the project is producing an Intellectual Property Rights agreement between contributors and the project which will lead to a mechanism for the management of the Register after theproject ends. It is anticipated that the Register will become a standard reference (and technological tool) for marine biodiversity training, research and management in Europe. The project started in April 1998 and will end in March 2000. People interested, especially those with expertise in marine taxa, are invited to contact the co-ordinator or other participants to get on the project circulation list.
1 Acervulina inhaerens 2 Adelosina spp. 3 Alabaminella wedellensis 4 Ammonia beccarii 5 Ammonia parkinsoniana 6 Ammonia perlucida 7 Amphicoryna scalaris 8 Amphisorus hemprichii 9 Amphistegina madagascariensis 10 Amphisterigina lessoni 11 Anomalinoides minimus 12 Asterigerinata mamilla 13 Astrononion gallowayi 14 Astrononion sidebottomi 15 Bigenerina nodosaria 16 Bolivina cincta 17 Bolivina dilatata 18 Bolivina dilatata dilatissima 19 Bolivina pacifica 20 Bolivina pseudoplicata 21 Bolivina thalmanni 22 Bolivina alata 23 Bolivina compacta 24 Bolivinella pseudopunctata 25 Brizalina catanensis 26 Brizalina difformis 27 Brizalina skagerrakensis 28 Brizalina spathulata 29 Brizalina striatula 30 Brizalina subaenariensis 31 Brizalina subspinescens 32 Brizalina variabilis 33 Buccella frigida 34 Bucella granulata 35 Bucella tenerrima 36 Bulimina aculeata 37 Bulimina alazanensis 38 Bulimina cf. elegans 39 Bulimina costata 40 Bulimina elongata 41 Bulimina gibba 42 Bulimina inflata 43 Bulimina marginata 44 Bulimina striata 45 Cancris auricula 46 Cancris congolensis 47 Cassidulina crassa 48 Cassidulina laevigata 49 Cassidulina neocarinata 50 Cassidulina obtusa 51 Cassidulina reniforme 52 Cassidulina teretis 53 Chilostomella ovoidea 54 Cibicides boueanum 55 Cibicides cf. ungerianus 56 Cibicides lobatulus 57 Cibicides praecinctus 58 Cibicides refulgens 59 Cibicidoides kullenbergi 60 Cibicidoides pseudoungerianus 61 Discanomalina semipunctata 62 Discorbis villardeboanus 63 Eilohedra levicula 64 Eilohedra levicula 65 Elphidium advenum 66 Elphidium albiumbilicatum 67 Elphidium bartletti 68 Elphidium clavatum 69 Elphidium crispum 70 Elphidium cuvilieri 71 Elphidium excavatum 72 Elphidium gerthi 73 Elphidium granosum 74 Elphidium gunteri 75 Elphidium incertum 76 Elphidium iranicum 77 Elphidium lidoense 78 Elphidium macellum 79 Elphidium magellanicum 80 Elphidium poeyanum 81 Elphidium subarcticum 82 Elphidium transluscens 83 Elphidium oceanense 84 Elphidium williamsoni 85 Epistominella exigua 86 Epistominella vitrea 87 Eponides pusillus 88 Eponides repandus 89 Eponides turgidus 90 Fissurina orbignyana 91 Fissurina semimarginata 92 Fontbotia wuellerstorfi 93 Fursenkoina cf. davisi 94 Fursenkoina fusiformis 95 Fursenkoina rotundata 96 Gaudryina rudis 97 Gavelinopsis praegeri 98 Globobulimina spp. 99 Globocassidulina oblonga 100 Globocassidulina subglobosa 101 Gyroidina altiformis 102 Gyroidina neosoldanii 103 Gyroidina orbicularis 104 Hansenisca soldanii 105 Hanzawaia concentrica 106 Haynesia germanica 107 Haynesia orbiculare 108 Hoeglundina elegans 109 Hopkisina sp. 110 Hyalinea balthica 111 Islandiella islandica 112 Islandiella norcrossi 113 Lagena apiopleura 114 Marsepulina schultzei 115 Massilina secans 116 Melonis barleeanum 117 Miniacina miniacea 118 Neoconorbina terqueni 119 Nodulina dentliniformis 120 Nonion asterizans 121 Nonion depressulus 122 Nonion commune 123 Nonionella atlantica 124 Nonionella iridea 125 Nonionella opima 126 Nonionella turgida 127 Nonionellina labradorica 128 Nonionoides boueanum 129 Nubecularia sp. 130 Nuttallides rugosus 131 Nuttallides umboniferus 132 Oridorsalis umbonatus 133 Pararotalia cf. nipponica 134 Peneroplis pertusus 135 Peneroplis planatus 136 Placopsilina confusa 137 Planorbulina mediterranensis 138 Planorbulina variabilis 139 Planulina ariminensis 140 Praeglobobulimina spinescens 141 Pullenia bulloides 142 Pullenia quinqueloba 143 Rectuvigerina arquatensis 144 Rectuvigerina nicoli 145 Rectuvigerina phlegei 146 Remaneica sp. 147 Reussella spinulosa 148 Robertina translucens 149 Robertinoides normani 150 Rosalina anomala 151 Rosalina globularis 152 Rosalina williamsoni 153 Rotalinoides gaimardi 154 Sorites orbiculus 155 Spirillina vivipara 156 Spirolina spp. 157 Spiroloculina angulosa 158 Spiroplectinella wrightii 159 Suggrunda eckisi 160 Tholosina bulla 161 Tiphotrocha comprimata 162 Trifarina angulosa 163 Trifarina bradyi 164 Trifarina carinata 165 Trifarina fornasinii 166 Uvigerina auberiana 167 Uvigerina bononiensis 168 Uvigerina cushmani 169 Uvigerina cushmani 170 Uvigerina finisterensis 171 Uvigerina meditterranea 172 Uvigerina peregrina 173 Uvigerina peregrina dirupta 174 Uvigerina pygmaea 175 Valvulineria complanata 176 Adelosina sp. 177 Affeinetrina planciana 178 Articulina tubulosa 179 Miliolinella sp. 180 Miliolinella subrotunda 181 Pyrgo spp. 182 Pyrgoella spp. 183 Quinqueloculina aspera 184 Quinqueloculina dimidiata 185 Quinqueloculina dunkerquiana 186 Quinqueloculina lata 187 Quinqueloculina rugosa 188 Quinqueloculina schlumbergeri 189 Quinqueloculina seminula 190 Quinqueloculina undulata 191 Quinqueloculina ungeriana 192 Spirophtalmidium acutimargo 193 Triloculina frigida 194 Triloculina inflata 195 Triloculina longirostra 196 Triloculina trigonula 197 Adercotryma glomerata 198 Ammobaculites americanus 199 Ammoglobigerina globigeriniformis 200 Ammoglobigerina globigeriniformis pygmaea 201 Ammoscalaria pseudospiralis 202 Ammoscalaria runiana 203 Ammotium cassis 204 Ammotium salsum 205 Ammotrochoides bignoti 206 Astrorhiza arenara 207 Astrorhiza limicola 208 Bathysiphon spp. 209 Botellina labyrinthica 210 Cribrostomoides crassimargo 211 Cribrostomoides jeffreysii 212 Cribrostomoides kosterensis 213 Cribrostomoides subglobosum 214 Cyclammina cancellata 215 Eggerelloides medius 216 Eggerelloides scabrus 217 Eilohedra levicula 218 Glomospira gordialis 219 Haplophragmoides bradyi 220 Haplophragmoides wilbert 221 Hippocrepina pusilla 222 Hormosinella distans 223 Hyperammina spp. 224 Jadammina macrescens 225 Jullienella foetida 226 Lagenammina difflugiformis 227 Lepidodeuterammina ochracea 228 Marsipella spp. 229 Martinottiella gymnesica 230 Miliammina fusca 231 Nouria polymorphionides 232 Pateoris hauerinoides 233 Psammosphaera fusca 234 Rabdammina spp. 235 Recurvoides trochamminiformae 236 Recurvoides turbinatus 237 Reophax fusiformis 238 Repmannia charoides 239 Rhabdaminella cylindrica 240 Rheophax moniliformis 241 Rheophax scorpiurus 242 Rheophax scottii 243 Rheophax subfusiformis 244 Rheophax calcareus 245 Saccammina sphaerica 246 Saccorhiza ramosa 247 Schizammina spp. 248 Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri 249 Spiroplectammina biformis 250 Subrheophax aduncus 251 Textularia agglutinans 252 Textularia bocki 253 Textularia mexicana 254 Textularia millettii 255 Textularia panamensis 256 Textularia pseudogramen 257 Textularia pseudorugosa 258 Textularia sagittula 259 Textularia truncata 260 Thurammina faerleensis 261 Thurammina papillata 262 Thurammina sphaerica 263 Trochammina inflata 264 Trochammina rotaliformis 265 Vulvulina pennatula