Home›Sources›Catalogue of LifeSourcesCatalogue of LifeReference DatabaseCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextNature Atlas. "Catalogue of Life." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/catalogue-of-life.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextNature Atlas. (n.d.). Catalogue of Life. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/catalogue-of-lifeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{natureatlas-catalogue-of-life, author = {Nature Atlas}, title = {Catalogue of Life}, year = {2026}, url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/sources/catalogue-of-life}, note = {Accessed September 8, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedAn open-access, continuously updated global checklist of the world's known species and their taxonomic classification, compiled from hundreds of expert-reviewed taxonomic databases under the Species 2000 and ITIS partnership.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (1,120 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedSpecies 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeURLWell-attestedhttps://www.catalogueoflife.org/Source TypeWell-attestedreference-databaseSourcesCatalogue of LifeSpecies 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (1,120 claims)This source backs 1,120 claims across the atlas. As facts: 485 well-attested, 157 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 317 holds. Plus 161 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicTaxa, 1,114 claims: 480 well-attested, 157 scholarly debate, 317 holds, 160 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested485ArticlesWhy Animalia's Species Count Never Holds StillSourcesCatalogue of LifeTaxaAccipitriformesActinobacteriaActinopterygiiAmphibiaAnimaliaAnnelidaAnseriformesAnthozoaAnuraApicomplexaApodiformesArachnidaArchaeaArthropodaArtiodactylaAscomycotaAsteroideaAtelidaeAvesBacteriaBacteroidetesBalaenopteridaeBasidiomycotaBivalviaBlattodeaBryophytaBryozoaCallitrichidaeCanidaeCanisCarnivoraCaudataCebidaeCephalopodaCercopithecidaeCetaceaCharadriiformesChilopodaChiropteraChlorophytaChondrichthyesChordataChytridiomycotaCiliophoraCingulataCnidariaColeopteraColumbiformesShowing 1 to 50 of 162 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate157TaxaAccipitriformesActinobacteriaActinopterygiiAmphibiaAnimaliaAnnelidaAnseriformesAnthozoaAnuraApicomplexaApodiformesArachnidaArthropodaArtiodactylaAscomycotaAsteroideaAtelidaeAvesBacteroidetesBalaenopteridaeBasidiomycotaBivalviaBlattodeaBryophytaBryozoaCallitrichidaeCanidaeCanisCarnivoraCaudataCebidaeCephalopodaCercopithecidaeCetaceaCharadriiformesChilopodaChiropteraChlorophytaChondrichthyesChordataChytridiomycotaCiliophoraCingulataCnidariaColeopteraColumbiformesCorvidaeCrenarchaeotaCrinoideaCrocodiliaShowing 1 to 50 of 157 entities carrying this claim. NextHolds317TaxaAccipitriformesActinobacteriaActinopterygiiAmphibiaAnimaliaAnnelidaAnseriformesAnthozoaAnuraApicomplexaApodiformesArachnidaArchaeaArthropodaArtiodactylaAscomycotaAsteroideaAtelidaeAvesBacteriaBacteroidetesBalaenopteridaeBasidiomycotaBivalviaBlattodeaBryophytaBryozoaCallitrichidaeCanidaeCanisCarnivoraCaudataCebidaeCephalopodaCercopithecidaeCetaceaCharadriiformesChilopodaChiropteraChlorophytaChondrichthyesChordataChytridiomycotaCiliophoraCingulataCnidariaColeopteraColumbiformesCorvidaeCrenarchaeotaShowing 1 to 50 of 160 entities carrying this claim. NextGeneral References161ArticlesWhy Animalia's Species Count Never Holds StillTaxaAccipitriformesActinobacteriaActinopterygiiAmphibiaAnimaliaAnnelidaAnseriformesAnthozoaAnuraApicomplexaApodiformesArachnidaArchaeaArthropodaArtiodactylaAscomycotaAsteroideaAtelidaeAvesBacteriaBacteroidetesBalaenopteridaeBasidiomycotaBivalviaBlattodeaBryophytaBryozoaCallitrichidaeCanidaeCanisCarnivoraCaudataCebidaeCephalopodaCercopithecidaeCetaceaCharadriiformesChilopodaChiropteraChlorophytaChondrichthyesChordataChytridiomycotaCiliophoraCingulataCnidariaColeopteraColumbiformesCorvidaeShowing 1 to 50 of 161 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year