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Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. <i>PLoS One 8(1)</i>: 20 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629</a>","BEntID":213652,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":1,"RefStringPartII":". <i>PLoS One 8(1)</i>: 20 pp. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"The World Register of Marine Species is an over 90% complete open-access inventory of all marine species names. 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