6^th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny

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4. database update

Data on cestodes of two freely accessible electronic databases, Fauna Europaea (www.faunaeur.org) and Global Cestode Database  (www.cestodedatabase.org) will be updated.

 Coordinators (Fauna Europaea)

Rodney A. Bray, The Natural History Museum, London, UK (rod.bray@adslmaster.com)

Yde de Jong, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (yjong@uva.nl)

Vladimíra Hanzelová, Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia (hanzel@saske.sk)

 Annotation to working group

Fauna Europaea (www.faunaeuropaea.org) represents a database of scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals including cestodes and at present, is accessible to everyone. The database was finished in 2001, however, the update of the cestode part of this database and identification of existing gaps are necessary to be done.  The updating will be carried out in a co-operation with Dr. Yde de Jong from the University of Amsterdam who coordinates this database project.

 Notes for active participants

Participants of the workshop (not only partakers from Europe) are kindly asked to verify scientific names and classification of a cestode group of their interest. In a case of any incorrectness, please, make notes or carry relevant reprints with in June. FaEu database will be opened during the workshop and everyone will get a possibility to supplement most recent data or make corrections if necessary.

 Coordinator (Global Cestode Database)

Janine N. Caira, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA (janine.caira@uconn.edu)

Kirsten Jensen, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA (kjensen@tapeworms.org)

 Annotation to working group:

Progress to date on the entry of taxonomic names and literature will be summarized. We are developing a plan to migrate the Global Cestode database from its existing configuration as multiple FileMaker Pro databases (one for each order and cyclophyllidean family) to a single MySQL database.  This will allow much easier access and tracking of database elements.  The plan is to make it possible to directly enter data and upload PDFs from any site in the world that has internet access. At this point one of the most critical aspects of the project is the verification of the data that has already been entered into the database. 

 Notes for active participants: Will be supplemented later