ABSTRACT
The main problem in creating a faunistic data bank is to represent the biological diversity of the group of taxa classification, including the total consideration of synonyms. For stowing the taxonomic information, an approach has been used which consists in creation of an automatic taxonomic classificator, independent of other databases, and in making up specially organized codes for coordination of different data massives. The classificator makes it possible to deal with any number of taxonomic categories, including the rarely used ones : Legio, Cohors, etc. Another considerable advantage of the classificator is that during the changes being made in a group’s system and nomenclature, no change of the information stowed in operative databases (on ecology, etc.) is necessary. With the use of the created classificator of the world fauna of Ophiuroids, a data bank was developed consisting of 5 databases : 1) The Classificator (Ophiuroid system); 2) Database of stations, with data on depth, etc.; 3) Database of findings, i.e. short notes on a given species met at a given station; 4) Collection database; 5) Reference database (bibliography).
