Register of Antarctic Marine Species [SCAR-MarBIN]

A series of preliminary species lists of Antarctic marine invertebrates, mostly for macrobenthic groups, were compiled by Andrew Clarke and Nadine Johnston of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), with funding from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and British Antarctic Survey. Some lists (e.g. gastropods, bivalves, polychaetes, pycnogonids, amphipods, isopods, cheilostomatid bryozoans) have been checked by taxonomic experts, others (e.g. anthozoans, hydrozoans) are being reviewed.

RAMS is managed by an Editorial Board comprising an Executive Committee and associate Taxonomic Editors. The RAMS Executive Committee will play an advising role in the development of RAMS and propose Taxonomic Editors. It will link with the SCAR-MarBIN international steering committee.

To allow RAMS to be as exhaustive and authoritative as possible, the role of the network of Taxonomic Editors will be crucial. These Taxonomic Editors are world experts on the taxonomy of their relevant taxa and will be in charge of the content and quality control of data for their specific group.