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Wikispecies

"Wikispecies is an open, free directory of species. It covers Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Bacteria, Archaea, Protista and all other forms of life. So far we have 194,202 taxonomic entries."

General information
Vocabulary type: 
taxon
Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
0
Scope and Usage
Purpose: 

“Wikispecies is an open, wiki-based species directory and central database of taxonomy. It is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general users.”

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
hier
html
Relationship types: 
eq_lang
hier_bn
rt_av
Number of classes: 

6

Number of terms: 
204,046
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
Wikimedia Foundation