GBIF Backbone - February 2017 Update
We are happy to annouce that a new GBIF Backbone just went live, available also as an improved Darwin Core Archive for download . Here are some facts highlighting the important changes. New source datasets Apart from continuously updated source like the Catalog of Life or WoRMS here are the new datasets we used as a source to build the backbone. New Type specimen checklist listing all distinct names of type specimens found in GBIF occurrences contributing 252,410 new species and 57,410 infra specific names. ZooBank joined GBIF and was added as a nomenclator with 175,775 names, contributing 3460 new generic and 39,695 new species names. Added phylum Myzozoa with 136 families under kingdom Chromista to GBIF Algae Classification to fill the classification gap for Dinoflagellates Tiny new dataset listing species named after famous people and which are often found in news The 43 sources used in this backbone build Code changes Merging of duplicate taxa across kingdoms, especially ...