Update after 18 months of "Crabs of the World"

Just a note of appreciation to all the 219 members of "Crabs of the World." We've now reached our year-and-a-half anniversary of this project, and have increased the species in six months from 545 to 735. I never thought that would be possible! Recently people have posted photos of unusual and beautiful crabs from southern Africa, Thailand, and Alaska that have never been on iNaturalist before. I hope you have a chance to scroll through them all. And if you are an expert in crabs in one part of the world, there are many that still need identification. Whenever you post a crab observation, it's helpful to add it to the project, and also helpful to do that when you see a crab posted by someone else. Thank you!

Publicado el 24 de noviembre de 2017 a las 07:13 PM por wendy5 wendy5

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Cheers! I am happy that Crabs of the World is doing so well! I am not at all an expert on crabs, but I do like them very much, so I enjoy this project.

Anotado por susanhewitt hace mas de 6 años

Wow, that's great Wendy!

Anotado por anudibranchmom hace mas de 6 años

Good work Wendy. Love this project. Some of my favorite critters. Long felt a crab would better serve as mascot than the octopus for certain marine science centers. Although I have a deep love of cephalopods too.

Anotado por kurtsteinbach hace mas de 6 años

Congratulations, Wendy!

Anotado por jspruill hace mas de 6 años

Fantastic news, and I'm very happy to see that the project is growing. Congratulations!

Anotado por whaichi hace mas de 6 años

Thanks for your work on this Wendy! I have a question. I recently identified a species that isn't in the iNaturalist database or other linked databases. It is however, in the Atlas of Living Australia, and in my preferred reference book for South Australian invertebrates. How can we set about seeing that the species is added to iNaturalist? The species in question is: Paragrapsus quadridentatus.

Anotado por danimations hace mas de 6 años

Hi @danimations, if you post that observation and ask me (@wendy5) in the comments to add it, then I'll see your request and I will try to add it. Other curators are welcome to add new species, too. I am not a scientist, and I welcome the advice and input of curators who are marine biologists! iNaturalist says, "Being a site curator means you have the power to make new taxa, edit existing taxa, alter our taxonomic tree, delete taxon names, and generally maintain the state of iNat's taxonomy."

Anotado por wendy5 hace mas de 6 años

Hello @danimations, I see that thanks to Wendy, Paragrapsus quadridentatus is now in the database. :)

Anotado por susanhewitt hace mas de 6 años

P.S. It is always worth checking first in the website WoRMS, to see if the name you are looking for is still considered valid. In this case it was.

Anotado por susanhewitt hace mas de 6 años

Thanks @wendy5 and @susanhewitt . I'm new to iNaturalist but am learning the ropes quickly.

Anotado por danimations hace mas de 6 años

900 species and over 10,000 observations today!

Anotado por sea-kangaroo hace cerca de 6 años

Woo hoo!

Anotado por anudibranchmom hace cerca de 6 años

Quite impressive!

Anotado por susanhewitt hace cerca de 6 años

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