Corals of the World (website)

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Corals of the World
Type of site
Scientific website
Available inEnglish
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URL Corals of the World
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Launched
  • 2016;9 years ago (2016)
Current statusOnline

Corals of the World Online, or simply Corals of the World, is an open access website aiming to become a fully comprehensive and up-to-date reference on the subjects of coral taxonomy, biogeography and identification. It is focused only on the group of zooxanthellate Scleractinia, also called stony corals, the order of Cnidaria that is the main builder of coral reefs.

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This website was created by J. E. N. Veron (also known as "Charlie" Veron), an Australian biologist expert, pioneer in the study of corals, and Mary Stafford-Smith, with the collaboration of Lyndon DeVantier, Emre Turak, and the contributions of many others from around the world. Its beta version was put online in 2016.

It supersedes, expands and makes globally available the three-volume book Corals of the World by Veron and Stafford-Smith, itself an important and well established reference on the topic, [1] both in academia and in the reef aquarism industry.

The governmental research center Australian Institute of Marine Science includes the website in its Data Repository [2] as a resource for research, [3] [4] conservation, [5] education, [6] and policy-making.

The development of the site is sponsored by the Corals of the World Foundation, a non-profit organization. [7]

Given that the website is freely accessible to all, it can be considered not only very useful for scientists, but also for serious reef aquarists who wish to deepen their knowledge of stony corals. [8] [9] [10] [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Veron, J.E.N.; Stafford-Smith, Mary (December 1, 2000). Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville MC, Qld, Australia. p. 1382. ISBN   9780642322364. OCLC   43734090.
  2. ↑ "Corals of the World Online". Australian Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Corals of the World online". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Dugal, Laurence; Thomas, Luke; et al. (3 May 2021). "Coral monitoring in northwest Australia with environmental DNA metabarcoding using a curated reference database for optimized detection". Environmental DNA. 4 (1): 63–76. doi: 10.1002/edn3.199 . hdl: 20.500.11937/90692 . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Veron, J.E.N. (January 2014). "Results of an Update of the Corals of the World Information Base for the Listing Determination of 66 Coral Species under the Endangered Species Act" (PDF). Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, USA. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Corals Tutorial - References". National Ocean Service - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Corals of the World Foundation". Corals of the World Foundation. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Tuccinardi, Mike (June 26, 2016). "Veron's "Corals of the World" is Launched as Online Database". CORAL—The Reef & Marine Aquarium Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Borneman, Eric (2002). "Taxonomy in the Reef Aquarium: A Simplified Guide to Basic Level Identification". Reefkeeping Magazine. 2002 (5). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Shimek, Ronald L. (2005). "Why Are There So Many Kinds Of Reef Animals?". Reefkeeping Magazine. 2005 (1). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ↑ Riddle, Dana (April 15, 2008). "Media Review : Coral ID: "An Electronic Key to the Zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals of the World" and "Corals of the World"". Advanced Aquarist - Reefs.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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