Template:Cite WoRMS/doc

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=12 August 2026}}

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=12 August 2026 |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
Ciliophora	World Ciliophora Database
Collembola, Collembolans, Springtails	World Collembola Catalog
Copepod, Copepoda, Copepods	World of Copepods Database
Cubozoa, Cubozoan, Cubozoans	World list of Cubozoa
Cumacea	World Cumacea Database
Decapoda, DecaNet	DecaNet
Echinoidea	World Echinoidea Database
Euphausiacea, Krill	World Euphausiacea Database
Foraminifera, Forams, Modern Foraminifera	World Modern Foraminifera Database
Fungi, Fungorum, Index Fungorum	Index Fungorum
Gastrotricha, Gastrotrichs	World Gastrotricha Database
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
MolluscaBase	World Mollusca Database
MilliBase	Global catalog of the myriapod class Diplopoda
Myriapoda, Myriapod, Littoral Myriapoda	World Database of littoral Myriapoda
Myxozoa, Myxozoan, Myxozoans	World List of Myxozoa
Nematoda, Nematode, NeMys	NeMys
Nemertea	World Nemertea Database
octocorallia, octocorals	World List of Octocorallia
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
Scleractinia	World List of Scleractinia
Sipuncula	World Sipuncula Database
tardigrada, tardigrades	World List of Tardigrada
Turbellaria, Turbellarian, Turbellarians	World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite WoRMS in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite WoRMS

A citation template for the World Register of Marine Speies

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
title	title	The name of the taxon record being cited. Include any authority, and italicize the taxon name if it is a genus or species	String	required
id	id	The unique database ID of a WoRMS taxon record. It is the numbers at the end of URL, following id=	Number	required
access-date	access-date	The date the WoRMS record was accessed Auto value {{subst:DATE}}	Date	required
author	author	The authors responsible for a sub-database of WoRMS; this parameter is generally not needed if the db parameter is specified	String	optional
Database	db	The name of one of the sub-databases of WoRMS. WoRMS has multiple editorial teams focusing on particular taxonomic groups. This parameter provides the authors of the database if it is specified Suggested values AlgaeBase Amphipoda Ascidiacea Asteroidea Brachiopoda Bryozoa Ceriantharia Cetacea Collembola Copepods Cubozoa Cumacea DecaNet Echinoidea Euphausiacea Foraminifera Gastrotricha Index Fungorum Hemichordata Hexacorallians Hydrozoa Lophogastrida Stygiomysida Mysida Kalyptorhynchia Proseriata Isopod Mangroves MilliBase Myriapoda MolluscaBase NeMys Nemertea octocorallia Ophiuroidea Ostracoda Paguroidea Phoronida FishBase Placozoa Polychaeta Porifera Pycnogonida Remipedia Rotifera Sipuncula tardigrada Myxozoa Turbellaria	String	suggested
year	year	The year given in the taxonomic citation given by WoRMS (generally the current year)	Number	optional