Currently in AlgaeBase:
180,744 species and infraspecific names,
23,903 images,
74,476 bibliographic items and
596,931 distributional records.
The full name of the genus or species can be inserted, or you can type the first four letters of the generic name, a space, and/or the first four letters of the species (or other) epithet in upper or lower case (e.g. Mere micr or mere micr for Meredithia microphylla). A full list of the species and subspecific entities in each genus can be obtained in the genus database.
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When you download a list of species from AlgaeBase, the data is supplied in CSV format with a ".txt" file extension, which will usually open in Notepad on Windows PCs and laptops.
Due to a persistent Microsoft bug, opening this file directly in Excel will cause problems with diacritical marks, e.g. "Kützing" becomes "Kützing".
To use this file in Excel, you should use the Import feature: