Alvarez, F.

Bailly, N.

Becking, L.E.

Boxshall, G.A.

Decock, W.

Dekeyzer, S.

Gerovasileiou, V.

Humphreys, W.F.

Iliffe, T.M.

Jaume, D.

Martínez, A.

Muricy, G.

van Hengstum, P.J.

Vandepitte, L.

Vanhoorne, B.

Yamasaki, H.

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IV International Symposium for Anchialine Ecosystems: 
USING LARGE DATABASES TO SHED LIGHT ON CAVE SECRETS 
 
Three years with the World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) initiative: 
current status and future perspectives 
Vasilis Gerovasileiou (1*), Alejandro Martínez (2), Fernando Álvarez (3), Geoff 
Boxshall (4), William F. Humphreys (5), Damià Jaume (6), Leontine E. Becking 
(7,8), Guilherme Muricy (9), Peter J. van Hengstum (10), Hiroshi Yamasaki (11), 
Stefanie Dekeyzer (12), Wim Decock (12), Bart Vanhoorne (12), Leen 
Vandepitte (12), Nicolas Bailly (1, 13), Thomas M. Iliffe (10) 
(1) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Crete, Greece; vgerovas@hcmr.gr; (2) 
CNR-ISE, Italy; (3) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico; (4) 
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, UK; (5) Department of 
Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Australia; (6) IMEDEA (CSIC-
UIB), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain; (7) Marine Animal 
Ecology, Animal Science Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands; (8) 
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands; (9) Departamento de Invertebrados, 
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; (10) Texas 
A&M University at Galveston, USA; (11) Leibniz Institute for Evolution and 
Biodiversity; Museum für Naturkunde, Germany; (12) Flanders Marine 
Institute/Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), Belgium; (13) FishBase 
Information and Research Group, Philippines 
The World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) constitutes a Thematic Species 
Database of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). It was launched in 2016 
by 8 founding Thematic Editors and the WoRMS Data Management Team with the aim 
to create a comprehensive taxonomic and ecological database of species known from 
marine caves and anchialine environments worldwide. Currently the WoRCS database 
includes 1396 marine and 237 non-marine accepted species which belong to 19 phyla 
(17 Animalia and 2 Chromista) as well as 575 relevant literature sources. The database 
is an open source and is available online through a dynamic webpage hosted under the 
webpage of WoRMS (http://www.marinespecies.org/worcs/). The WoRCS Editor Group 
consists of 12 Thematic Editors with different roles in terms of taxonomy, management, 
types of environments and geographic areas covered. The International Symposium for 
Anchialine Ecosystems provides an excellent opportunity for co-organizing a parallel 
special “WoRCShop” where WoRCS Editorial Team, data managers and collaborators 
will be able to present new databases, review the WoRCS 5-year Strategic Plan and to 
develop a new work plan for 2018-2020.  


Three years with the World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) initiative: current status and future perspectives

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Three years with the World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) initiative: current status and future perspectives

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