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EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences
Extraction of type locality information from the World Register of Marine Species.
Citation: WoRMS Editorial Board (2021). Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species. Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. Accessed on YYYY-MM-DD.
Published: April 23, 2026 at 10:00
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=worms_type_localities
Contacts:
WoRMS Steering Committee
WoRMS Steering Committee
Leen Vandepitte
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 39,825 |
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| decimalLatitude | 7 |
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| decimalLongitude | 9 |
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| eventDate | 24,225 | 2 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 30,851 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 19,059 | 1 |
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| scientificNameID | 531 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 17,283 |
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| ON_LAND | 9,222 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 3,414 |
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 2,416 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 923 |
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| NO_MATCH | 531 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 205 |
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| MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX | 72 |
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| NO_COORD | 12 |
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| LON_OUT_OF_RANGE | 9 |
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| LAT_OUT_OF_RANGE | 7 |
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| DEPTH_OUT_OF_RANGE | 1 |
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| ZERO_COORD | 1 |
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