Sponsors (1)

• Prof. Dr. J.-F. Magnaval, MD, DrSc, Service de Parasitologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine Purpan, Toulouse, France [6 Jan 2007]

Data Providers (25)

• Prof. Dr. M.R. Alvarez, PhD (Martín), Departamento de Cs. Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brazil [15 Mar 2004]
• Dr. L.I. Anderson (Lyall), Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums of Scotland, UK [10 Oct 2005]
• Dr. P. Arnold† (Peter), Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia [2 Aug 2005]
• Dr. S.E. Carpenter, PhD (Steven), Abbey Lane Laboratory, Philomath, Oregon, USA [13 Jan 2006]
• Prof. Dr. B.C. Das (Bidhan Chandra), Department of Zoology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh [9 Dec 2002]
• Dr. E. Dei-Cas, MD, PhD (Eduardo), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France [25 Jan 2007]
• Dr. C.C. Emig (Christian), Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, France [9 Jul 2004]
• Prof. Dr. M.S. Engel (Michael), Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, USA [21 Aug 2006]
• Drs. J.A. van Essen (Hans), Faculteit der Archeologie, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands [8 Apr 2007]
• Dr. F. Gómez (Fernando), Station Marine de Wimereux, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Wimereux, France [9 Mar 2007]
• Prof. Dr. B.R.C. Granier, PhD (Bruno), Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France [8 Nov 2006]
• Mr. J. Hallan (Joel), Austin, Texas, USA [8 Jul 2008]
• Mr. T.E. Hallas (Thorkil), Allergy Research Unit, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark [17 Mar 2006]
• Dr. D.S. Hibbett (David), Biology Department, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [28 May 2007]
• Dr. L. Jonsson (Lars), Uppsala University, Sweden [16 Oct 2005]
• Dr. S. Kim, PhD (Samkyu), Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA [1 Apr 2006]
• Prof. Dr. J.S. Mackiewicz, PhD (John), Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, New York, USA [22 Nov 2004]
• Prof. A. Mones (Álvaro), Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay [2 Jul 2005]
• Dr. D. Pisani (Davide), Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland [22 Aug 2007]
• Dr. T. Rees (Tony), Divisional Data Centre, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia [11 Jun 2006]
• Dr. J.W. Reynolds (John Warren), Oligochaetology Laboratory, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada [4 Aug 2006]
• Dr. D.J. Stang (David), The BayScience Foundation, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA [19 Nov 2005]
• Dr. C. Walker (Christopher), Mycology Department, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK [19 Apr 2004]
• Dr. C.M. Whipps, PhD (Christopher), Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA [5 Dec 2005]
• Mr. A.T. White (Toby), Houston, Texas, USA [13 Sep 2005]

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Compilers (1)

• Drs. S.J. Brands (Sheila), Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands [Dec 1989]

Assistants (2)

• Mr. M. Kramer (Martin), Amsterdam, The Netherlands [21 Sep 2005]
• Mr. D.-J. Sorgdrager (Dirk-Jan), Zwaag, The Netherlands [13 Sep 2007]

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the librarians at the former "Plantage Bibliotheek" (now: "Artis Bibliotheek", my former colleagues at AquaSense and Prof. F.R. Schram (University of Amsterdam) for their great help in my quest for literature.