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Byline: mark chillingworth
Mark Chillingworth
An open access register for animal taxonomy will offer a free online resource for checking animal names and registering new species.
The database, called ZooBank, will be the first ever single reference resource for zoologists conducting research or naming newly discovered species when launched this quarter.
"We are trying to encourage scientists, authors and journal editors to deposit the original description of a species in ZooBank, as well as registering its taxonomic details," said Andrew Polaszek, executive secretary of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, the body behind ZooBank.
Thomson Scientific's Zoological Record database of articles relating to named species is currently the primary resource for zoologists.
"Zoological Record scans and indexes the published literature on animal ...