Marine biodiversity discovery: the metrics of new species descriptions

Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently c. 242,000 known valid marine species living in the world's oceans and marine biota continue to be discovered and named steadily at a current average of 2,332 new species per year. The “average” newly described marine sp...

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Published in:Frontiers in Marine Science 2023-06, Vol.10
Main Authors: Bouchet, Philippe, Decock, Wim, Lonneville, Britt, Vanhoorne, Bart, Vandepitte, Leen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic crustaceans
BBNJ Agreement
Benthos
Biodiversity
Biota
Crustaceans
Datasets
impact factor
Legislation
marine biodiversity
Marine organisms
Mollusks
Nagoya protocol, citizen scientists
New species
Oceans
Prokaryotes
Shelf life
Shellfish
Storage life
Taxonomy
Tropical environments
World Register of Marine Species
Worms
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Summary:Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently c. 242,000 known valid marine species living in the world's oceans and marine biota continue to be discovered and named steadily at a current average of 2,332 new species per year. The “average” newly described marine species is a benthic crustacean, annelid, or mollusc between 2 and 10 mm in size, living in the tropics at depths of 0–60 m, and represented in the description by 7–19 specimens. It is described after a shelf life of 13.5 years in an article with two to three authors in a journal with an IF
ISSN:2296-7745
2296-7745
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2023.929989