The result is a site, unique in the world for marine planktonic copepods, and created at the Oceanological Observatory of Banyuls sur Mer. It is the fruit of more than 50 years of researches coordinated by Claude Razouls and of multiple collaborations at the international level.
It presents a complete interactive database of all described marine planktonic copepods, including :
Taxonomic classification with referencesIllustrated and referenced species database
A geographic distribution in the world's oceans and seas, with division in zones and subzones
A complete bibliography including taxonomic and ecological aspects
The database was compiled from a bibliographic search of 9900 relevant scientific publications, taking into account the actual state of synonymy. It comprises 342 genera, and 2694 studied species with their geographic distribution.
The species cards are progressively enriched with elements such as figure plates, maps, graphs or charts, favouring the rare documents.
Currently, 20435 elements have been included, see the example figure opposite.
