... not exist for foraminifera, despite large numbers of DNA sequences being available. To fill this gap, we initiated the Foram Barcoding (FB) project, whose objective is to create a curated molecular database for modern foraminifera. Each species included in our database is represented by one or several...

... recognized challenges associated with species-level identification, particularly of the Calcarina spp., and thus affirm the need for the barcoding project ( Pawlowski & Holzmann, 2014 ) that can help researchers recognize genetically distinct species and those with variable phenotypes. Nevertheless...

... was asked by the chair of the WoRMS Steering Committee, Mark Costello, to start the large task and to solicit assistance from others. The project was presented to the foraminiferal community at the FORAMS Conference in Bonn in 2010, and the first foraminiferal advisory committee was established as a result...

... ‘rabbit-ear’-shaped projections sticking up from it. The subsequent lithograph based on the painting ( Figure 2 ) modified the original, making these ‘boats’ much more clearly into coiled shells. De la Beche apparently never explicitly stated that these were restorations of ammonites, but (at least...

... the fossil record. A first obstacle is data acquisition. Recent years have seen advances in data archiving as well as funding for projects that aggregate fossil and modern biodiversity data. Databases and museum collections, especially when digitized (Allmon et al. 2018 ), have promoted data discovery...