Datatypes

WoRMS AphiaID

ID worms_aphia_id

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Number of a taxon name in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the expert-curated list of names of marine organisms with their synonyms. WoRMS calls this number the AphiaID.

Categories
Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
worms
Wikidata
P850
Quality
85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^\d+$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
145548Fucus vesiculosus; example of Wikidata property P850
146421Class Appendicularia; Bioregistry example
Fucus vesiculosus invalidTaxon name instead of its number

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