Taxon

Meanings of the most common latin abbreviations used in taxa:

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Taxonomic names are written out in full in PANGAEA. Data submissions with abbreviated genus names cannot be processed. In many cases it is not possible to reliably infer the genus from the abbreviation.

Species code In some data collections or systems a species code is used. The species code can be a number or just an abbreviation of the name; in most cases it is proprietary and thus does not follow any standard. When ever a code is provided with a data set, its source, reference or basic definition must be explained in the data series comment. Any abbreviations could also be substituted by its full meaning.

Linking taxonomy The data model of PANGAEA was designed for georeferenced primary data and is not a taxonomic database.

Data sets with species names are archived/published as provided by the author at the time of publication (including the related reference(s) if applicable). Similar to publications, no part of the data set, i.e. names of species, can be changed after the data set is set to published. It will always reflect the state of the art at the time when the data were made public available - equivalent to a printed publication. It is in the responsibility of the taxonomic databases to keep track on the changes of taxa names, the assignments to groups or the naming history of a name and its synonyms.

Taxonomic parameters are currently automatically matched with the ITIS and WoRMS taxonomic databases.

PANGAEA is harvested by biogeographic information systems and global portals (OBIS, MARBEF, GBIF), which integrate species occurrence records from many data providers.

Reference sites:
 * ITIS
 * Species2000
 * Fishbase
 * MARBEF
 * OBIS
 * GBIF
 * Dinoflagellates