The European Register of Marine Species
What is ERMS
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 contact the Database Management Team.
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).
CitationUsage of data from the ERMS in scientific publications should be acknowledged by citing as follows:
- Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Accessed at http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php on 2025-02-16
If the data from the ERMS constitute a substantial proportion of the records used in analyses, the chief editor(s) of the database should be contacted. There may be additional data which may prove valuable to such analyses.
Individual pages are individually authored and dated. These can be cited separately: the proper citation is provided at the bottom of each page.
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.
ERMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
EDITORS
- Prof. Dr Artois, Tom
Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie
 Acoela - Kalyptorhynchia - Platyhelminthes - Proseriata - Prostoma - Rhabditophora - Turbellaria
- Prof. Dauvin, Jean-Claude
Université de Caen; Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière
 Ampeliscidae - Amphipoda
- Prof. Huys, Rony
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
 Copepoda - Harpacticoida - Tantulocarida
- Dr Costello, Mark
Nord University; Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
 Amphipoda - Biota
- Dr Jaume, Damià
Universitat de les Illes Balears; Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados
 Bogidiellidae - Crustacea - Eriopisidae - Melitidae - Pseudoniphargidae - Thermosbaenacea
- Dr Arvanitidis, Christos
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research; Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture
 Annelida
- Dr van Soest, Rob
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
 Alcyonium - Porifera - Thaliacea
- Dr Bailly, Nicolas
Quantitative Aquatics, Inc.
 Agnatha - Chaetognatha - Chondrichthyes - Holocephali - Osteichthyes - Pisces
- Dr Dolan, John
Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche
 Tintinnina
- Agatha, Sabine
Universität Salzburg; Department of Organismic Biology
 Choreotrichida - Ciliophora - Oligotrichida
- Dr Bellan-Santini, Denise
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Mediterranean Institute of marine and terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology
 Ampeliscidae - Amphipoda
- Prof. Boxshall, Geoff
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
 Amphionidacea - Arthropoda - Branchiopoda - Branchiura - Cephalocarida - Copepoda - Crustacea - Mystacocarida - Pentastomida - Remipedia - Rhizocephala - Tantulocarida
- Dr Bray, Rod
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
 Cestoda - Monogenea - Platyhelminthes - Trematoda
- Dr Gibson, David
Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
 Acanthocephala - Aspidogastrea - Cestoda - Monogenea - Nematoda - Neodermata - Trematoda
- Gofas, Serge
University of Málaga; Faculty of Sciences; Departamento de Biología Animal
 Mollusca - Xenoturbellida
- Dr Horton, Tammy
University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems
 Amphipoda - Biota - Ingolfiellida - Isopoda - Lysianassoidea
- Dr Hoeksema, Bert
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Department of Marine Zoology
 Anthozoa - Cnidaria - Milleporidae - Scleractinia - Stylasteridae
- Williams, Gary
California Academy of Sciences; Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
 Pennatulacea
- Stöhr, Sabine
Swedish Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology
 Asterias - Ophiuroidea
- Saiz Salinas, José Ignacio
University of the Basque country; Department of zoology and animal cell dynamics
 Echiura - Sipuncula
- 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 Neuhaus, Birger
Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity; Museum für Naturkunde
 Cephalorhyncha - Kinorhyncha
- 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
 Biota - Gnathostomulida
- Dr Nielsen, Claus
University of Copenhagen; Zoological Museum
 Entoprocta
- Dr Collins, Allen
Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology
 Ctenophora - Cubozoa - Scyphozoa - Staurozoa
- Dr Glasby, Christopher
Northern Territory Government; Natural Sciences, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
 Nereididae - Terebellidae
- Sicinski, Jacek
University of Lodz; Dept. Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology; Laboratory of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology
 Polychaeta - Siboglinidae
- Dr Musco, Luigi
Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples; Integrative Marine Ecology
 Syllidae
- Smit, Harry
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
 Pontarachnidae - Prostigmata
- ten Hove, Harry
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
 Polychaeta fossils incertae sedis - Serpulidae
- Dr Picton, Bernard
National Museums of Northern Ireland; Ulster Museum
 Heterobranchia - Porifera
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