Catalogue of Life China 2017 Annual Checklist
Groups and Number of Species
There are 92301species & infraspecific taxa in 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China, including 80390species and 11911infraspecific taxa.
The groups of species in 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China (number of species, number of infraspecies):：
[Animalia (Animals)] Annelida(488, 20); Arthropoda(22905, 1925); Brachiopoda(8, 0); Bryozoa(197, 0); Cnidaria(1520, 6); Echinodermata(588, 9); Echiura(11, 0); Entoprocta(8, 0); Hemichordata(7, 0); Mollusca(2302, 41); Myxozoa(39, 0); Nematoda(192, 0); Nemertea(58, 0); Phoronida(4, 0); Porifera(165, 7); Sipuncula(43, 1); Chordata(6165, 1922) [Agnatha(8, 0); Amphibian(416, 0); Bird(1373, 1791); Leptochordata(4, 0) ; Mammal(564, 115) ; Fish(3337, 16); Reptile(463, 0)].
[Bacteria] Actinobacteria(45, 0); Bacteroidetes(30, 0); Chloriobi(1, 0); Cyanobacteria(158, 5); Firmicutes(48, 0); Proteobacteria(181, 1).
[Chromista] Diatomeae(1245, 405); Oomycota(265, 24); Phaeophyta(292, 8).
[Fungi] Ascomycota(1792, 103); Basidiomycota(1780, 42); Chytridiomycota(24, 0); Glomeromycota(184, 0); Zygomycota(322, 26).
[Plantae (Plants)] Angiospermae(30721, 6618); Anthocerotophyta(27, 0); Bryophyta(1964, 147); Chlorophyta(199, 18); Gymnospermae(263, 85); Marchntiophyta(1054, 88); Pteridophyta(2217, 132); Rhodophyta(496, 12).
[Protozoa] Amoebozoa(432, 55); Cercozoa(4, 0); Choanozoa(1, 0); Ciliophora(497, 1); Dinozoa(253, 50); Percolozoa(3, 0); Radiolaria(537, 10).
[Viruses] dsDNA viruses(368, 27); dsRNA viruses(35, 26); Negative stranded ssRNA viruses(51, 12); Positive stranded ssRNA viruses(131, 56); Retroviruses(5, 0); Reversetranscribing viruses(25, 9); ssDNA viruses(36, 20); Vivoid(4, 0).
Changes in the 2017 Annual Checklist
In comparison with the 2016 version, the major changes in 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China are as follows.
[Animalia] In the Arthropoda, the checklist of Araneae, Arachnida is revised based on the contents of Araneae Part, Animals Volume of Species Catalogue of China (published by Science Press in Beijing, 2016), there are 570 species & infraspecies to be added. In the Insecta, there are 2154 species & infraspecies, 3135 synonyms to be added in Lepidoptera.
[Fungi] There are 2 new phyla, Glomeromycota and Zygomycota in 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China, 184 species & infraspecies, 21 synonyms to be added in Glomeromycota, 348 species & infraspecies, 196 synonyms to be added in Zygomycota. There are 39 species & infraspecies to be added in Ascomycota, 202 species & infraspecies, 146 synonyms to be added in Basidiomycota, 12 species & infraspecies to be added in Chytridiomycota.
[Fungi] There is a new phylum Chytridiomycota in 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China, 12 species & infraspecies to be added in the phylum.
[Plantae] In 2017 Annual Checklist of Catalogue of Life China, the checklist of higher plant is revised based on the contents of Plants Volume of Species Catalogue of China (13 parts, published by Science Press in Beijing, 2013-2017), includes 465 families, 4003 genus, 36246 species and 7070 infraspecies (varieties), covering all known China native higher plants and naturalized plants, as well as economically important exotics, such as crops or plantation plants. In which, Lichen is divided into 3 phyla, Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta and Marchntiophyta, includes 151 families, 595 genus, 3045 species, 235 infraspecies; The Pteridophyta includes 40 families, 178 genus, 2217 species, 132 infraspecies; Gymnospermae includes 10 families, 45 genus, 263 species, 85 infraspecies; Angiospermae includes 264 families, 3185 genus, 30721 species, 6618 infraspecies.
[Protozoa] There are 113 species & infraspecies and 7 synonyms to be added in Amoebozoa, 1 species to be added in Cercozoa.
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