AlgaeBase

AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.

Synchronisation of the AlgaeBase data with Aphia and WoRMS was undertaken manually until March 2015, but this was very time-consuming, so an online application was developed to semi-automate the synchronisation, launching in 2015 in conjunction with Michael Guiry and the chief programmer of AlgaeBase, Pier Kuipers.

After a long phase of further development and testing, the AlgaeBase harvester tool was implemented by the WoRMS data management team in early 2019.

[3] The database is hosted at the National University of Ireland's Ryan Institute, in Galway.

[5] The synchronisation between AlgaeBase and Aphia was possible through support of the LifeWatch Species Information Backbone.