The 2007 Annual Checklist

The 2007 Annual Checklist contains contributions from 47 databases with information on 1,008,965 species and 79,393 infraspecific taxa, and also includes 538,364 synonyms and 414,075 common names covering the following groups:

Viruses • Viruses and Subviral agents from ICTVdB

Bacteria and Archaea from BIOS • Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) from AlgaeBase

Chromista • Chromistan fungi from Species Fungorum • Chromistan algae from AlgaeBase

Protozoa • Major groups from ITIS and AlgaeBase • Protozoan fungi from Species Fungorum and Trichomycetes database

Fungi • Various taxa in whole or in part from CABI Bioscience databases (Species Fungorum, Phyllachorales, Rhytismatales and Zygomycetes databases) and from three other databases covering Xylariaceae, Glomeromycota and Trichomycetes

Plantae (Plants) • Mosses from MOST • Cycads and 6 flowering plant families from IOPI-GPC and 11 families from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (Rubiaceae family new this year) • Conifers from Conifer Database NEW! • Custard Apple family from AnnonBase NEW! • Legumes from ILDIS • Cranesbills from RJB Geranium NEW! • Brazil Nut family from LecyPages NEW! • Seagrasses from AlgaeBase

Animalia (Animals) • Marine invertebrates (13 phyla & 7 classes) and chordates (4 classes) from URMO • Sponges from Porifera database NEW! • Rotifers from Rotifera database NEW! • Sea anemones from the Hexacorallians of the World • Snails and slugs (some groups) from AFD and ITIS • Krill from ETI WBD • Spiders from SpidCat • Diplopods, pauropods and symphylans from SysMyr NEW! • Centipedes from ChiloBase NEW! • Ticks from TicksBase • Dragonflies from the Odonata database • Crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, and katydids from the OSF • Planthoppers from FLOW • Scale insects from ScaleNet • Butterflies and moths from LepIndex, Tineidae NHM and GloBIS NEW! • Flies, craneflies, mosquitoes, bots, midges and gnats from BDWD, CCW, CIPA and ITIS • Fleas from Parhost • Wasps from UCD and ZOBODAT • Scarab beetles from the World Scarabaeidae Database • Longhorn beetles from TITAN • Weevils from WTaxa NEW! • Fishes from FishBase • Reptiles from EMBL Reptiles • Various groups of amphibians, birds and mammals from ITIS.

PLUS additional species of many groups from ITIS.

Structure of the Annual Checklist

The goal is to list every distinct species in each group of organisms. At present, some groups are globally complete, some are represented by global sectors that are nearing completion, and others are represented by partial sectors. The global sectors, whether complete or not, are provided by selected, peer reviewed global species databases (GSDs - see definition below) in the Species 2000 federation or by equivalent global sectors of ITIS. The partial sectors are supplied principally by ITIS (N America), but also Species Fungorum and the Australian Faunal Directory, with the result that N American species are sometimes the only species represented for these incomplete groups.

Each species is listed with an accepted scientific name, a cited reference and its family and/or position in the hierarchical classification. Additional common names and synonyms may be provided, but these data are not complete, and for some species none may exist. The complete list of fields (known as the Catalogue of Life Standard Dataset) is given below:

More detailed information about the Standard Dataset is available on the Species 2000 website (www.sp2000.org).

Each species is linked via the genus and family to the taxonomic classification. Above the node of attachment of each data sector this classification has been agreed by Species 2000 and ITIS as a practical management tool to provide access to the Catalogue. This top level classification has remained unchanged in 2005, 2006 and 2007. However, below the node of attachment the classification originates from the supplier databases and so may change from year to year.

Where available from the suppliers, infraspecific taxa such as subspecies and varieties have also been included but this coverage is variable between taxonomic sectors.

Where possible, a web link back to the supplier's own database is provided at the bottom of each species detail page.

Functionality of the Annual Checklist

• Species (and infraspecific taxa) can be located either by searching by name or by tracking down through the hierarchical classification.
• Searching by name can be done using accepted scientific name, synonym or common name. Automatic synonymic and common name indexing takes the user directly to the species under its accepted name. The search can use part names, or be restricted to complete words.
• Tracking down the tree or classification uses accepted names for taxa.

The structure of the Annual Checklist database has been optimised for performance with the user interface but is not ideal for importing to other systems. The content may be copied subject to the copyright conditions given on the inside cover of this booklet.

The 2007 Annual Checklist Editors

The Catalogue of Life programme combines the outputs of the Species 2000 programme (led by Frank Bisby from Reading, UK) and the ITIS programme (led by Michael Ruggiero from Washington, USA). Assembly and publication of the Annual Checklist is managed by Yuri Roskov in Reading working with colleagues around the world:

• Frank A Bisby, Species 2000 Executive Director and Team member, at the Species 2000 Secretariat, Reading, UK.

• Yuri R Roskov, Annual Checklist Executive Editor and Species 2000 Content Manager at the Species 2000 Secretariat, Reading, UK.

• Michael A Ruggiero, Director of ITIS at the ITIS Secretariat, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA.

• Thomas Orrell, Deputy Director of ITIS at the ITIS Secretariat, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA.

• Luvie Paglinawan, Annual Checklist Dataset Compiler, at the Species 2000 Philippines Office, WorldFish Center, Los-Baños, Philippines.

• Peter Brewer, Species 2000 Systems Manager at the Species 2000 Secretariat, Reading, UK.

• Nicolas Bailly, Species 2000 Philippines Office Manager at the WorldFish Center, Los-Baños, Philippines.

• Jorrit van Hertum, Software and User Interface Programmer at ETI BioInformatics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.