marine biodiversity network
- BISMaL: Biological Information System for Marine Life
- OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic information System
- TEAMS: Tohoku Ecosystem-Associated Marine Sciences
overseas
- WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species
- INDEEP: International network for Scientific investigation of deep-sea ecosystems
- MBARI: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Ifremer: French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
- The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)