World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Citation
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2024). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2024-08-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-07.Description
The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://doi.org/10.14284/170) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.Taxonomic Coverages
Biota
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Biotarank: superdomain
Geographic Coverages
World Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorWoRMS Editorial Board
email: info@marinespecies.org
homepage: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced
metadata author
WoRMS Data Management Team (DMT)
Ostend
8400
BE
email: info@marinespecies.org
homepage: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced
Mark Costello
point of contact
Nord University; Faculty of Bioscience and Aquaculture
NO
email: mark.j.costello@nord.no
Shane Ahyong
point of contact
Australian Museum; Marine Invertebrates
AU
email: Shane.Ahyong@austmus.gov.au
Rüdiger Bieler
point of contact
Field Museum of Natural History
US
email: rbieler@fieldmuseum.org
Charles-François Boudouresque
point of contact
The National Center for Scientific Research; Institut National de Science de l'Univers; Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille; Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
FR
email: charles.boudouresque@mio.osupytheas.fr
Andrea Desiderato
point of contact
University of Lodz; Dept. Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology
PL
email: andrea.desiderato@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Rachel Downey
point of contact
Australia National University; Research School of Earth Sciences
AU
email: Rachel.downey@anu.edu.au
Bella Sarah Galil
point of contact
Tel-Aviv University; Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies; Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
IL
email: bgalil@tauex.tau.ac.il
Stephan Gollasch
point of contact
GoConsult
DE
email: sgollasch@aol.com
Pat Hutchings
point of contact
Australian Museum; Australian Museum Research Institute
AU
email: Pat.hutchings@austmus.gov.au
Luydmila Kamburska
point of contact
Italian National Research Council; Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque
IT
email: lyudmila.kamburska@irsa.cnr.it
Stelios Katsanevakis
point of contact
European Commission; European Alien Species Information Network
IT
email: stelios@katsanevakis.com
Elena Kupriyanova
point of contact
Australian Museum; Australian Museum Research Institute
AU
email: Elena.Kupriyanova@austmus.gov.au
Christophe Lejeusne
point of contact
Pierre & Marie Curie University; Roscoff biology station
FR
email: christophe.lejeusne@sb-roscoff.fr
Kevin Ma
point of contact
Memorial University of Newfoundland; Department of Ocean Sciences
Agnese Marchini
point of contact
Università degli Studi di Pavia; Department of Earth and Environment Science
IT
email: agnese.marchini@unipv.it
Anna Occhipinti
point of contact
Università degli Studi di Pavia; Department of Earth and Environment Science
IT
email: anna.occhipinti@unipv.it
Shyama Pagad
point of contact
University of Auckland
NZ
email: s.pagad@auckland.ac.nz
Vadim Panov
point of contact
WoRMS Editorial Board
email: info@marinespecies.org
Gary Poore
point of contact
Museums Victoria
AU
email: gpoore@museum.vic.gov.au
Tomasz Rewicz
point of contact
University of Lodz; Dept. Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology
PL
email: tomasz.rewicz@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Tamara Robinson
point of contact
University of Stellenbosch; Department of Botany and Zoology; Centre for Invasion Biology
ZA
email: trobins@sun.ac.za
Marc Rius
point of contact
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes
ES
email: mrius@ceab.csic.es
Robert Sobczyk
point of contact
University of Lodz; Dept. Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology
PL
email: robert.sobczyk@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Nir Stern
point of contact
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd.; National Institute of Oceanography; Department of Marine Biology
IL
email: nirstern@ocean.org.il
Xavier Turon
point of contact
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes
ES
email: xturon@ceab.csic.es
Georgina Valls Domedel
point of contact
University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre
GB
email: gevado@noc.ac.uk
Thomas Verleye
point of contact
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: thomas.verleye@vliz.be
Leandro M. Vieira
point of contact
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Departamento de Zoologia; Laboratório de Estudos de Bryozoa
BR
email: leandromanzoni@gmail.com
Richard Willan
point of contact
Northern Territory Government; Natural Sciences, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
AU
email: richard.willan@nt.gov.au
Darren Yeo Chong Jinn
point of contact
National University of Singapore; Faculty of Science; Department of Biological Science
SG
email: darrenyeo@nus.edu.sg
Aibin Zhan
point of contact
Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
CN
email: azhan@rcees.ac.cn
programmer
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
BE
email: info@vliz.be
administrative point of contact
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
email: info@marinespecies.org