The European Register of Marine Species
What is ERMS
ERMS Web News
In order to keep you up to date about the ERMS developments, an 'ERMS Web News' is sent to the ERMS Associate and Review Editors, or anyone interested in development of ERMS. Please contact us at data@marbef.org if you want to subscribe to the ERMS Web News
Scope of ERMS
The project covers species of the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protoctista occurring in the marine environment. Bacteria and marine viruses are not included. The area covered by the project is all the continental shelf seas of Europe,
from the Canaries and Azores to Greenland and north west Russia,
including the Mediterranean shelf, Baltic Seas and deep-sea areas. Click here to view the map covered by ERMS.
Feedback
People interested, especially those with expertise in marine taxa, are invited to contact the co-ordinator or other participants to get on the project circulation list. Also relevant ecological information and pictures of taxa, listed in ERMS, are more than welcome. Approved editors of species lists are able to access ERMS online, such that the register will be changing according to need and editorial diligence. Simultaneously, the name of the editor and the revision date for each species or taxon is shown.
Download database
We see the web interface as the main means of access to information in the ERMS database. However, in some cases this web interface might be too limited, especially for those building off-line applications. If you want to get an electronic copy of the ERMS database, please go to SMEBD.
History of ERMS
The European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) was created in 1998 by a project funded under the European Union MAST research programme. It resulted in a species list for European marine waters. This first version has been published as a book (Costello et al, 2001).
ERMS Editorial Board
The editorial board of ERMS consists of an Executive Commitee and Associate Editors. Each taxonomic group is represented by an Associate editor, responsible for the quality and content of large taxonomic groups. Associate editors can appoint review editors who are responsible for smaller phyla and families. The collective intellectual property rights of the Associate and Review editors of ERMS are managed by SMEBD, the Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data.
ERMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
- prof. dr. Vincx, Magda
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Afdeling Mariene Biologie
Nematoda
- Dr Vanaverbeke, Jan
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Afdeling Mariene Biologie
Nematoda
- prof. Dauvin, Jean-Claude
Université de Caen; Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière
Amphipoda
- Dr Costello, Mark
University of Auckland; Leigh Marine Laboratory
Amphipoda
- dr. Segers, Hendrik
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Departement Educatie en Natuur; Afdeling Zoetwaterbiologie
Rotifera
- dr. Jaume, Damià
Universitat de les Illes Balears; Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados
Thermosbaenacea
- Dr Arvanitidis, Christos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
Annelida
- Dr van Soest, Rob
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Porifera - Thaliacea
- dr. Pierrot-Bults, Annelies C.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Department of Marine Zoology
Chaetognatha
- Dr Bailly, Nicolas
Worldfish Center
Actinopterygii - Agnatha - Elasmobranchii - Holocephali - Pisces
- Dr Dolan, John
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
Tintinnida
- Agatha, Sabine
Universität Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology
Choreotrichia - Ciliophora - Oligotrichia
- Dr Bellan-Santini, Denise
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Institut National de Science de l'Univers; Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille; UMR 6540 - DIMAR
Amphipoda
- prof. Boxshall, Geoff
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
Amphionidacea - Brachypoda - Branchiopoda - Branchiura - Copepoda - Crustacea - Digenea - Mystacocarida - Pentastomida - Remipedia - Rhizocephala - Tantulocarida
- Dr Bray, Rod
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
Cestoda - Monogenea
- Dr Gibson, David
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
Acanthocephala - Aspidogastrea - Cestoda - Digenea - Monogenea - Nematoda
- Gofas, Serge
University of Málaga; Faculty of Sciences; Departamento de Biología Animal
Mollusca - Xenoturbellida
- Prof. Dr Türkay, Michael
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt a. M; Abteilung Marine Zoologie; Sektion Crustacea
Decapoda
- Dr Horton, Tammy
University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems
Amphipoda - Isopoda
- Dr Hoeksema, Bert W.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Department of Marine Zoology
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
- van Ofwegen, Leen
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Alcyonacea - Octocorallia
- Williams, Gary C.
California Academy of Sciences; Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
Pennatulacea
- Dr Bamber, Roger
ARTOO Marine Biology Consultants
Pycnogonida - Tanaidacea
- Dr Jarms, Gerhard
University of Hamburg; Zoological Institute und Zoological Museum
Cubozoa - Scyphozoa
- Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio
University of the Basque country; Department of zoology and animal cell dynamics
Echiura - Sipuncula
- Tasker, Mark
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Aves - Mammalia - Reptilia
- Dr Kullander, Sven
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Actinopterygii - Agnatha - Elasmobranchii - Holocephali - Pisces
- Dr Petrescu, Iorgu
Muzeul National de Istorie Naturala Grigore Antipa
Cumacea
- Dr d'Hondt, Jean-Loup
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques
Gastrotricha
- Dr Angel, Martin
University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre
Halocyprida - Myodocopida
- Dr Neuhaus, Birger
Museum für Naturkunde
Cephalorhyncha - Kinorhyncha
- Dr Emig, Christian
BrachNet
Brachiopoda - Phoronida
- Mapstone, Gill
Natural History Museum
Siphonophorae
- Schierwater, Bernd
School of veterinary medicine Hannover; Institute of animal ecology and cell biology; ITZ, Ecology and Evolution
Ctenophora - Placozoa
- Sterrer, Wolfgang
Bermuda Natural History Museum
Gnathostomulida
- Timm, Tarmo
Estonian University of Life Sciences; Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Centre for Limnology
Oligochaeta
- Dr Nielsen, Claus
University of Copenhagen; Zoological Museum
Entoprocta
- prof. Vader, Wim
University of Tromso
Amphipoda
- Hummon, William
Ohio University; Department of Biological Sciences
Gastrotricha
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