[Cnidaria] cnidaria systematics

[Collins, Allen]

Dear Kristina and Jan:

You might consider tying into one of the taxonomic lists being served by various organizations such as MarineSpecies.org or the Catalog of Life (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/search.php). These lists may not be as good as they can be at present, but they have dedicated resources and processes for updates and maintenance. They should become better with time. If you can tie one of these into your software project, that aspect of your project can reflect better classifications and taxonomy as they become available.

Best wishes,
--Allen

Dr. Allen G. Collins - phone: (202) 633-0645, fax: (202) 633-8848
Invertebrate Zoologist with Curatorial Responsibilities for Medusozoa and Hexactinellida
National Systematics Laboratory of NOAA Fisheries Service
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From: cnidaria-bounces at uci.edu [mailto:cnidaria-bounces at uci.edu] On Behalf Of Kristina Barz
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:17 AM
To: 'Cnidaria Newsgroup'
Subject: [Cnidaria] cnidaria systematics

Dear all,
I wonder if somebody has an systematic list of all cnidarians including 
class, (subclass), order, family, (probably genus) in a html or xml 
format.
We need it for an identification software in one of the above mentioned 
formats. Before I start to generate it, I would like to ask if a list 
in this format already exists.
If you have one and you are willing to share, please send it also to my 
colleague Jan.Schulz at awi.de as I will leave tomorrow for an expedition 
Thanks in advance
and best wishes
Kristina

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Dr. Kristina Barz
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marine Animal Ecology
Am alten Hafen 26
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany

Building D-2030

Phone +49 (0)471- 4831 1324
Fax +49 (0)471- 4831 1918
email Kristina.Barz at awi.de
Mobile: 0177 6761479

http://www.awi.de/People/show?kbarz
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