The Catalogue of Life is planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth by the year 2011. Rapid progress has been made recently and this, the eighth edition of the Annual Checklist, contains 1,105,589 species. Please note that this is probably just more than half of the world's known species. This means that for many groups it continues to be deficient.

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  • The Catalogue of Life is planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth by the year 2011. Rapid progress has been made recently and this, the eighth edition of the Annual Checklist, contains 1,105,589 species. Please note that this is probably just more than half of the world's known species. This means that for many groups it continues to be deficient. The present Catalogue is compiled with sectors provided by 52 taxonomic databases from around the world. Many of these contain taxonomic data and opinions from extensive networks of specialists, so that the complete work contains contributions from more than 3,000 specialists from throughout the taxonomic profession. Species 2000 and ITIS teams peer review databases, select appropriate sectors and integrate the sectors into a single coherent catalogue with a single hierarchical classification. It is planned to introduce alternative taxonomic treatments and alternative classifications, but an important feature is that for those users who wish to use it, a single preferred catalogue, based on peer reviews, will continue to be provided. (en)
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  • The Catalogue of Life is planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth by the year 2011. Rapid progress has been made recently and this, the eighth edition of the Annual Checklist, contains 1,105,589 species. Please note that this is probably just more than half of the world's known species. This means that for many groups it continues to be deficient. (en)
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  • Catalogue of Life (en)
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