Myriatrix is currently under construction.
Myriatrix is a Scratchpads-based Virtual Research Environment proposed to the International Society of Myriapodology. It allows collaborative editing and linking of the taxonomy, literature, and morphological traits of the many-legged terrestrial invertebrate groups Onychophora and Myriapoda (to the inclusion of the extinct, aquatic Euthycarcinoidea). The classification (taxonomic backbone) is based on the Catalogue of Life (CoL) 2015 release. It was created by populating the taxonomic vocabulary "Myriatrix" through the Scratchpads internal classification service, run repeatedly until the parent taxa (Onychophora, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla, Pauropoda) and their children were imported. The Euthycarcinoidea classification was not imported from CoL but built anew.
The current classification has already branched and it differs from other available databases. Overall taxonomic recording is by no means complete, especially for Chilopoda (with substantial gaps between 2006 and 2019), and Diplopoda, Symphyla, and Pauropoda (with substantial gaps between 2013 and 2019). The classification of extant Onychophora is deemed complete and up to date, at least regarding valid taxa. The classification of Euthycarcinoidea is deemed complete and up to date. Taxa published in 2020 are deemed complete. Recording of taxa published in 2021 is ongoing.
The literature database contains 1300+ references, spanning from 1535 to present.
How to cite:
The Fellegship of the Rings (2020 onwards): Myriatrix. Available from: http://myriatrix.myspecies.info
References:
Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds. (2015). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Citation of individual databases included in CoL 2015 follows references listed at http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015/info/cite.
Onychophora:
Orrell T. (custodian) (2015). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Dec 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Chilopoda:
Minelli A. (ed)* (2015). ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web (version 1.01, May 2006). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
*As provided by CoL (2015). Citation of additional editors pending clarification.
Diplopoda, Symphyla, Pauropoda:
Spelda J. (2015). SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database (version Apr 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Acknowledgements to individuals:
This section was started on 22.x.2022. If you have collaborated with us earlier and would like to see your name mentioned here, please write to the administrative point of contact at the "archilegt" Gmail account.
Brazil: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: Prof. Dr. Adriano Brilhante Kury, librarians Leandra Pereira de Oliveira and Antonio Carlos Gomes Lima, for facilitating access to taxonomic literature.
Dr. Ernesto Recuero Gil, for facilitating access to taxonomic literature since January 2020.
Last updated: 22.x.2022