Acknowledgements
We thank all who contributed to the Catalogue of Life, China. Thanks to taxonomists for checking the data in source species databases, to colleagues in Catalogue of life, Global and Regional Hubs for their kind consultation, in particular, thanks go to Prof. Frank Bisby, Reading University, UK, founder of Species 2000, for his warm and valuable help; Thanks to National Basic Science Data Center, to Institute of Zoology, Institute of Botany, Institute of Microbiology and Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for their support; Thanks to all users of Catalogue of Life, China for their support and encouragement.
