About "Taxon list of Diplopoda from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL Project"
Taxon list of Diplopoda from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL Project
(TaxRefCode: TaxRef_GBOL_Diplopoda_DE, Projects_TNT ID: 704)
Characteristics of the taxon list
- Info about Diplopoda under https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelf%C3%BC%C3%9Fer and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede
- Number of taxa estimated worldwide: 10,000
- Number of taxon names below genus level in this list: 135
- Synonyms: no
- German common names: 1
- Higher classification is included.
- List Curator(s): Dr. Jörg Spelda, Dr. Thomas Wesener
Technical info:
The taxon list is offered via several open and freely accessible services with a dynamic data flow involving DTN data bases DTN Software and DTN Information model. A REST API called "DWB REST Webservice for Taxon Lists", shortly "DTNtaxonlists", is going to be developped (Starting page and documentation – prototype).
on the "Taxon-names-and-terms-(TNT)" server
The services will be registered in the BiodiversityCatalogue and accessed by the GFBio Terminology Server.
General info:
Starting with 2012 the DTN lists are compiled and prepared for publication. Since 2014 – as part of the German Federation for Biological Data (=GFBio) project – they are extended by the SMNS, SNSB and ZFMK concerning IT and content.
The following organisations and projects are active in supporting curation activities of this list:
- Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn (ZFMK) – list curation
- Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, München (SNSB with ZSM) – list curation
- German Barcode of Life (GBOL) – coordination of taxon list mobilisation and curation: Björn Rulik (ZFMK), Jérôme Morinière and Jörg Spelda (SNSB–ZSM)
- German Federation for Biological Data (GFBio) – coordination of taxon list mobilisation and curation: Joachim Holstein, Juan Carlos Monje (SMNS) and Tanja Weibulat (SNSB)
The context is explained under http://www.diversitymobile.net/wiki/DTN_Taxon_Lists_Services
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Literature:
VOIGTLÄNDER, K., REIP, H. S., DECKER, P. & SPELDA, J. (2011): Critical reflections on German Red Lists of endangered myriapod species (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) (with species list for Germany). – International Journal of Myriapodology 6: 85–105.