Introduction

Taxonomic Classification Sources contains a list of taxonomic classification systems and assigns a code to each.  The purpose of this list is to enable identification in a bibliographic record of a source list from which the taxonomic information in a description has been taken.  For code assignment, general structure, usage, and maintenance guidelines see Introduction.

Arrangement of the list

Entries in the list are arranged in alphabetical order by the code and consist of the source code followed by the bibliographic citation for the source documentation.  The citations are linked to the online source for some codes.

Code structure

Each code consists of a maximum of 12 lowercase alphabetic characters.  Possible additions to codes are described in Source Code Maintenance.

Taxonomic Classification Source Codes

adw

Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology)

ampw

AmphibiaWeb

amsw

Amphibian Species of the World (American Museum of Natural History)

antbase

Antbase (American Museum of Natural History)

antw

AntWeb (California Academy of Sciences)

avib

Avibase: the world bird database

bltc

BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist (BirdLife International)

bmna

Butterflies and Moths of North America

bmwgn

Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and Their Type-species (London: Natural History Museum)

catf

Catalog of Fishes (California Academy of Sciences)

catl

Catalogue of Life (Species 2000)

chwf

Checklist of World Ferns

cnab

Checklist of North American Butterflies (North American Butterfly Association)

cnmab

Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (American Ornithological Society)

esacn

Common Names of Insects Database (Entomological Society of America)

esccn

Common Names Database (Entomological Society of Canada)

fishb

FishBase (FishBase Consortium)

gcc

Global Compositae Checklist (Landcare Research, New Zealand)

glni

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (London: Natural History Museum)

grassb

GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora (Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens)

grintp

GRIN Taxonomy for Plants (United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service)

hns

Hymenoptera Name Server (NFJ, Ohio State University)

hol

Hymenoptera Online (HOL) (Ohio State University)

ildis

ILDIS World Database of Legumes (ILDIS (International Legume Database & Information Service))

inatur

iNaturalist.org

iocb

IOC World Bird List

itis

ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

iucnrl

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

mayfly

Mayfly Central (Purdue University)

msow

Mammal Species of the World

ncbitb

NCBI Taxonomy Browser (NCBI/GenBank)

nominain

Nomina Insecta Nearctica

nsexpl

NatureServe Explorer (NatureServe)

nsinfo

InfoNatura (NatureServe)

orthosf

Orthoptera Species File Online

paleobdb

The Paleobiology Database

pctenl

Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names

pgrc

Plant Gene Resources of Canada: GRIN-CA Taxonomy (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

plantl

The Plant List (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden)

plantsdb

PLANTS Database (United States Department of Agriculture)

protist

Protist Information Server

reptiledb

The Reptile Database

scorpf

The Scorpion Files

sysdip

Systema Dipterorum: the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera

taxdros

TaxoDros: the Database on Taxonomy of Drosophilidaea

termitedb

On-line Termite Database

trichwc

Trichoptera World Checklist

wasterdb

World Asteroidea Database

wikispc

Wikispecies

wodonatal

World Odonata List

wophidb

World Ophiuroidea Database

worms

WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species

wporidb

World Porifera Database

wremidb

World Remipedia Database

wspiderdb

World Spider Catalog (World Spider Catalog Association WSCA)

wturtledb

World Turtle Database

Usage in MARC 21

 Bibliographic records

754 $2 (Added Entry - Taxonomic Identification / Source of taxonomic identification)

See also:

Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes:  Contents