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              Advancing Southern Ocean Biodiversity Knowledge

                Added on: 2026-05-26 14:04:04 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie
              From 30 March to 3 April 2026, the SCAR Antarctic Biodiversity Portal, in partnership with the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics and SCARfish, organised a hybrid workshop at KU Leuven on Southern Ocean marine species traits, focusing on WoRMS tools, biodiversity data workflows, and community collaboration. ...
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              An epic milestone and number: 250.000 …

                Added on: 2026-05-18 15:27:01 by Vandepitte, Leen
              A celebration party with lots of cake is in order: as of last Wednesday (13 May 2026), there are officially more than 250.000 accepted (extant) marine species documented in the World Register of Marine Species! ...
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              Philippe Bouchet selected as the Carlo Heip Awardee for 2023-2025

                Added on: 2026-04-21 11:56:06 by Vandepitte, Leen
              The International Carlo Heip Award (cycle 2023-2025) granted to Prof. Philippe Bouchet: passionate taxonomist, explorer, researcher, taxonomic Mollusca editor, founding father of MolluscaBase and overall WoRMS enthusiast! ...
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              Applications for the Ocean Census Species Discovery Awards 2026 are open

                Added on: 2026-04-09 10:29:13 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie
              The Ocean Census Species Discovery Awards support outstanding taxonomists, biodiversity and community scientists involved in marine species discovery. ...
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              New Amphipod species from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, named in honour of WoRMS

                Added on: 2026-03-24 10:15:55 by Vandepitte, Leen
              The deep-sea still harbours many undiscovered, undescribed treasures. Thanks to the “One Thousand Reasons” campaign of ISA-SSKI, we are again a very small step closer to knowing what lives in our ocean. And some of these new discoveries immediately find their way to the hearts of the WoRMS Data Management Team. ...
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              WoRMS press release: Ten remarkable new marine species from 2025

                Added on: 2026-03-18 13:47:16 by Dekeyzer, Stefanie
              As for previous years, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has again released its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day on March 19th! ...
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