Template:Cite WoRMS

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This template is used to generate references or external links to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). It uses {{cite web}} to produce the output, and passes the publisher to that template automatically. It also contains a table of database names, to save the user from entering the database's title and editor(s). Typical usage would be:

{{cite WoRMS |author= |year= |title= |id= |access-date=19 December 2025}}

For an entry that is part of one of the named databases in WoRMS, the additional db= parameter is used:

{{cite WoRMS |author= |year= |title= |id= |access-date=19 December 2025 |db=}}

Where the entry is not in one of the names databases, db= can be omitted. The title= field should contain Wiki-formatting for italics, as appropriate. To use the template to generate an entry in the external links section of an article, omit the access-date= field. If the author= field is missing or empty, a default author of "WoRMS" will appear.

Example output

• {{cite WoRMS |author=P. Schuchert |year=2010 |title=''Zyzzyzus'' Stechow, 1921d |db=Hydrozoa |id=267956 |access-date=November 24, 2011}}

produces:

• P. Schuchert (2010). Schuchert P (ed.). "Zyzzyzus Stechow, 1921d". World Hydrozoa database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 24, 2011.

For cs2 style citations, use |mode=cs2:

• {{cite WoRMS |mode=cs2 |author=P. Schuchert |year=2010 |title=''Zyzzyzus'' Stechow, 1921d |db=Hydrozoa |id=267956 |access-date=November 24, 2011}}

which produces:

• P. Schuchert (2010), Schuchert P (ed.), "Zyzzyzus Stechow, 1921d", World Hydrozoa database, World Register of Marine Species, retrieved November 24, 2011

Databases

The following databases are currently accepted; when used in the |db= parameter, upper, lower, mixed case does not matter. If any are missing, they can easily be added, so please ask.

"db"	Database
Algae, AlgaeBase,	AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway
Amphipoda, Amphipod	World Amphipoda database
Ascidiacea	Ascidiacea World Database
Asteroidea, Asteroid	World Asteroidea database
Brachiopoda, Brachiopod	World Brachiopoda database
Bryozoa, Bryozoans	World list of Bryozoa
Ceriantharia, Ceriantharian, Ceriantharians	World list of Ceriantharia
Cetacea	World Cetacea Database
Copepod, Copepoda, Copepods	World of Copepods database
Cubozoa, Cubozoan, Cubozoans	World list of Cubozoa
Cumacea	World Cumacea database
Echinoidea	World Echinoidea Database
Euphausiacea, Krill	World Euphausiacea database
Foraminifera, Forams, Modern Foraminifera	World Modern Foraminifera Database
Fungi, Fungorum, Index Fungorum	Index Fungorum
Hemichordata	Hemichordata World Database
Hexacorallians, Hexacorallia	Hexacorallians of the World
Hydrozoa	World Hydrozoa database
Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida, Mysida	World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida
Kalyptorhynchia, Proseriata	World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia
Isopoda, Isopod	World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database
Mangroves, Mangrove	World Mangroves database
Marine Mollusca	World Marine Mollusca database
Myriapoda, Myriapod, Littoral Myriapoda	World database of littoral Myriapoda
Nematoda, Nematode, NeMys	NeMys
Nemertea	World Nemertea database
Ophiuroidea	World Ophiuroidea database
Ostracoda, ostracod	World Ostracoda Database
Paguroidea	World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea database
Phoronida	World Phoronida database
Pisces, Fish, FishBase	FishBase
Placozoa	World Placozoa Database
Polychaeta, Polychaete	World Polychaeta database
Porifera, Sponge	World Porifera database
Pycnogonida, Pycnogonid, Pycnobase	Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database
Remipedia, Remipede	World Remipedia Database
Rotifera, Rotifer	World Rotifera database from FADA
Sipuncula	World Sipuncula database

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