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Disputed Statements

Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.

251 statements.

Perissodactyla, Member Species/Taxa Count18

Perissodactyla, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 18

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Phocidae, Member Species/Taxa Count19

Phocidae, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 19

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Phocoenidae, Member Species/Taxa Count8

Phocoenidae, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 8

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Physeteridae, Member Species/Taxa Count1

Physeteridae, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Piciformes, Member Species/Taxa Count450

Piciformes, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 450

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Pilosa, Member Species/Taxa Count10

Pilosa, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 10

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Pinophyta, Member Species/Taxa Count630

Pinophyta, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 630

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Plantae, Member Species/Taxa Count390000

Plantae, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 390000

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Platyhelminthes, Member Species/Taxa Count29000

Platyhelminthes, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 29000

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Polyplacophora, Member Species/Taxa Count940

Polyplacophora, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 940

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Porifera, Member Species/Taxa Count9000

Porifera, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 9000

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Primates, Member Species/Taxa Count500

Primates, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 500

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Proboscidea, Member Species/Taxa Count3

Proboscidea, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 3

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Procellariiformes, Member Species/Taxa Count145

Procellariiformes, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 145

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Procyonidae, Member Species/Taxa Count14

Procyonidae, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 14

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Proteobacteria, Member Species/Taxa Count60000

Proteobacteria, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 60000

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Protista, Member Species/Taxa Count200000

Protista, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 200000

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Psittaciformes, Member Species/Taxa Count400

Psittaciformes, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 400

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Pteridophyta, Member Species/Taxa Count10500

Pteridophyta, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 10500

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life

Puma, Member Species/Taxa Count1

Puma, Taxa

Standing

Concerns Member Species/Taxa Count

Currently States 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Source Catalogue of Life