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The following table is an attempt to gather all usable online taxonomic databases that are reliable, well maintained and usable by the various WikiProjects inside WP:TOL. This page was prompted by a discussion on which taxonomic databases can the different projects depend on, in order to make their work easier. Additionally, some taxonomic publications (systematic reviews) of the groups, published in relatively recent years (as of 2023), are considered important in the corresponding projects.

Legend:

? = uncertain reliability
dashed = unreliable
italics = not open access
Kingdom Phylum-ish Class-ish Databases Publications WikiProject
Prokaryotes Complete Complete LPSN Oren & Garrity (2021)[a] WP Microbiology
Protists General General UniEuk Taxonomy Map? Adl et al. (2019)[b] WP Protista
Rhizaria Planktonic foraminifera Mikrotax@pforams Arenillas et al. (2022)[b]
Vampyrellida Hess & Suthaus (2021)
Amoebozoa Arcellinida Gonzálenz-Miguéns et al. (2022)
Myxogastria Leontyev et al. (2019)
Dictyostelia Sheikh et al. (2018)
Naked Amoebozoa Kudryavtsev et al. (2021)
Plants Bryophytes Complete WFO? Goffinet & Buck WP Plants
Seed plants Angiosperms WFO?, PWO Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Pteridophytes Complete WFO? Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
Fungi Complete Complete Index Fungorum, Mycobank[c] Outline Of Fungi (2022) WP Fungi
Animals Arthropods Spiders World Spider Catalog WP Spiders
Lepidoptera LepIndex?[d] WP Insects
Barnacles Chan et al. (2021)[b] WP Arthropods
Pentastomida Christoffersen & De Assis (2013)
Molluscs Gastropods WoRMS Bouchet et al. (2017)[e] WP Gastropods
Sponges General Systema Porifera (2002) WP Animals
Demospongiae Morrow & Cárdenas (2015)
Placozoa Complete Tessier et al. (2022)
Cnidaria Staurozoa Miranda et al. (2016)
Echinodermata Ophiuroidea O'Hara et al. (2018)
Chordates Fishes FishBase WP Fishes
Amphibians Amphibian Species of the World WP Amphibians and Reptiles
Reptiles in general Reptile Database
Turtles Reptile Database Turtle Taxonomy Working Group
Fossil turtles Turtle Extinctions Working Group
Birds IOC World Bird List WP Birds
Mammals Mammal Diversity Database, IUCN Redlist WP Mammals
Viruses Complete Complete ICTV WP Viruses
  1. ^ This work validates 42 new phylum-level names.
  2. ^ a b c Does not cover species.
  3. ^ They contradict each other, and are therefore deemed unreliable.
  4. ^ Last updated in 2018.
  5. ^ Only covers taxa above genus rank.