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RAS: Register of Antarctic Species
Citation
RAS (Eds.) (2024). Register of Antarctic Species. Accessed at https://ras.biodiversity.aq on yyyy-mm-dd. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5816
Contact:
Van de Putte, Anton
Availability: 
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
A checklist of Antarctic species, compiled by taxonomic experts and based on peer-reviewed literature. more
Antarcic biodiversity is endemic, and more diverse and biogeographically structued than previously thought. Interests in understanding species distribution, mechanisms driving spatial pattern of Antarctic species, as well as significance of underexplored taxons is rapidly growing. Human impacts, nevertheless, pose challenges to current and future understanding of Antarctic biodiversity and conservation.
Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) aims to provide an authorative and comprehensive list of names of marine and terrestrial species in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It serves as a reference guide for users to intepret taxonomic literature, as valid names and other names in use are both provided.
Taxonomic experts and database managers both contribute to the maintenance and development of RAS. The editorial management system of RAS works to ensure that quality information is presented, as an expert is responsible for each taxonomic group.
Information of marine taxons hosted on RAS is consistent with that in World Register of Marine Species, as information of terrestrial taxons grows on an independent process.
The RAS Editorial Board strives to maintain the website a comprehensive and up-to-date resource. Please contact us if you detect any error or omission. Authors are encouraged to send copies of publications to respective editors with details of new or revised nomenclature.
Antarcic biodiversity is endemic, and more diverse and biogeographically structued than previously thought. Interests in understanding species distribution, mechanisms driving spatial pattern of Antarctic species, as well as significance of underexplored taxons is rapidly growing. Human impacts, nevertheless, pose challenges to current and future understanding of Antarctic biodiversity and conservation.
Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) aims to provide an authorative and comprehensive list of names of marine and terrestrial species in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. It serves as a reference guide for users to intepret taxonomic literature, as valid names and other names in use are both provided.
Taxonomic experts and database managers both contribute to the maintenance and development of RAS. The editorial management system of RAS works to ensure that quality information is presented, as an expert is responsible for each taxonomic group.
Information of marine taxons hosted on RAS is consistent with that in World Register of Marine Species, as information of terrestrial taxons grows on an independent process.
The RAS Editorial Board strives to maintain the website a comprehensive and up-to-date resource. Please contact us if you detect any error or omission. Authors are encouraged to send copies of publications to respective editors with details of new or revised nomenclature.
Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Fresh water, Brackish water, Terrestrial, Classification, Species, Taxonomy, PS, Antarctica
Geographical coverage
PS, Antarctica [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
From 1758 on [In Progress]
Parameters
Taxonomy
Contributors
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), more, database developer
Biersma, Elise, taxonomic editor
Brandão, Simone, taxonomic editor
Convey, Peter, taxonomic editor
De Broyer, Claude, taxonomic editor
Downey, Rachel, taxonomic editor
Flores, Hauke
Hogg, Ian, taxonomic editor
Jersabek, Christian, taxonomic editor
McInnes, Sandra J., taxonomic editor
Merican, Faradina, taxonomic editor
Siegel, Volker, taxonomic editor
Waller, Cath, taxonomic editor
Van de Putte, Anton, taxonomic editor, data manager
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Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2017-08-28
Information last updated: 2024-01-17
