---
id: "worms_aphia_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/worms_aphia_id"
---

# WoRMS AphiaID (`worms_aphia_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

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.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d+$
```

## Examples

- `145548` — Fucus vesiculosus; example of Wikidata property P850
- `146421` — Class Appendicularia; Bioregistry example
- `Fucus vesiculosus` (invalid example) — Taxon name instead of its number

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `worms`
- wikidata: `P850`

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.marinespecies.org/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/worms>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P850>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/worms_aphia_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/worms_aphia_id.yaml>