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ABRS Databases and Online Resources

The Australian Biological Resources Study provides online delivery of taxonomic and biological information on species known to occur in Australia.

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Databases and Online Resources index

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  • 101 Forest Fungi of Eastern Australia
    an interactive key - original content has not changed since 2001

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  • ABRS citations
  • Australian Algal Name Index
    • Australian Fresh Water Algal Name Index
    • Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI)
      • AMANI: macro algae search
      • AMANI: micro algae search
  • Australian Fresh Water Algal Name Index
  • ABRS glossaries
  • Algae databases, see Australian Algal Name Index
  • Algae glossary
  • AusGrass: Grasses of Australia
    ABRS identification series key - original content has not changed since 2002
  • AusMoss, see Catalogue of Australian Mosses (AusMoss)
  • Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
    • AFD: home
    • AFD: biocode search previously CAVS and CAAB
    • AFD: checklist main
    • AFD: search advanced
  • Australian Marine Algal Name Index (AMANI)
    • AMANI: macro algae search
    • AMANI: micro algae search
  • Australian Mosses Online
  • Australian Physciaceae (Lichenised Ascomycota)
  • Australian Plant Census (APC)
  • Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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  • Catalogue of Australian Mosses (AusMoss)
  • Catalogue of Porinaceae
  • Catalogue of Strigulaceae
  • Census of Australian Marine Diatoms
  • Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates
  • Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS), replaced by AFD: biocode search
  • Centipedes of Australia — under review
  • Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi
  • Checklist of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts
  • Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories
  • Checklist of Pacific Island Lichens
  • Citations
  • Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB), replaced by AFD: biocode search

D

  • DELTA

F

  • The Families of Flowering Plants of Australia: An Interactive Identification Guide
    ABRS identification series key - original content has not changed since 2002
  • Fauna databases, see AFD: home
  • Freshwater algae, see Australian Fresh Water Algal Name Index
  • Flora of Australia
    • Flora of Australia previously Flora of Australia Online
    • Flora of Australia help
    • Flora of Australia glossary vascular plants
    • Flora of Australia glossary, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups
  • Flora of Australia Online
    • Flora of Australia Online replaced by the new digital Flora of Australia
    • Flora of Australia Online: Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
    • Flora of Australia Online: Oceanic Islands excluding Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
  • Fungi database, see Fungi Name Index
  • Fungi glossary Fungi of Australia
  • Fungi (Lichenicolous), see Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi
  • Fungi Name Index, previously Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi

G

  • Glossaries
  • Guide to the Marine Zooplankton of south eastern Australia
  • Gymnosperms, see Flora of Australia glossary, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups

H

  • Habitat Profiles of selected Australian Aquatic Insects
  • Hornworts and Liverworts checklist

I

  • Interactive Catalogue of Australian Fungi, replaced by Fungi Name Index
  • INTKEY DELTA, please note this URL links to a ZIP file containing the IntKey
  • Island Territories Lichens checklist

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  • Lichenicolous Fungi checklist
  • Lichens (Pacific Island), see Checklist of Pacific Island Lichens
  • Lichens (Porinaceae), see Catalogue of Porinaceae
  • Lichens (Strigulaceae), see Catalogue of Strigulaceae
  • Lichens glossary
  • Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories checklist
  • Lichens of the Australian Oceanic Island Territories checklist
  • Liverworts and Hornworts checklist
  • Lord Howe Island Flora of Australia Online
  • LucID Central Identification and Diagnostic Tools
  • LucID keys (ABRS identification series)
    • AusGrass: Grasses of Australia - original content has not changed since 2002
    • The Families of Flowering Plants of Australia: An Interactive Identification Guide - original content has not changed since 2002
    • Mites in Soil - original content has not changed since 2001
    • Spiders of Australia: Key to Spider Subfamilies of Australia - content updated in 2022
    • What wasp is that? An interactive identification key to the Australasian families of Hymenoptera - original content has not changed since 2007

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  • Macro algae, see Australian Marine Algal Name Index AMANI: macro algae search
  • Micro algae, see Australian Marine Algal Name Index AMANI: micro algae search
  • Mites in Soil ABRS identification series key - original content has not changed since 2001
  • Mosses glossary

N

  • Nematodes
  • Norfolk Island Flora of Australia Online
  • Numbers of Living Species in Australia and the World report

O

  • Oceanic Islands excluding Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands Flora of Australia Online

P

  • Pacific Island Lichens checklist
  • POLiKEY
  • Porinaceae catalogue
  • Protist glossary Antarctic Marine Protists

S

  • Spiders of Australia: Key to Spider Subfamilies of Australia
    ABRS identification series key - content updated in 2022
  • Strigulaceae catalogue

V

  • Vascular plants glossary, see Flora of Australia glossary

W

  • What’s Its Name? (WIN), see Australian Plant Census (APC)
  • What wasp is that? An interactive identification key to the Australasian families of Hymenoptera
    ABRS identification series key - original content has not changed since 2007

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