Evidence-backed facts
- World Register of Marine Species documents marine taxon names, accepted names, classifications, synonyms, distributions, traits, and sources. informative
- Public reads do not grant taxonomic editing, nomenclatural, species-identification, publication, or management authority. informative
- Clients must bind Aphia identifier, scientific name, rank, marine-only flag, fuzzy matching, paging, and output representation. informative
- Taxonomic and distribution records can be revised, disputed, historical, or source-dependent and do not prove specimen identity or current occurrence. informative