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. 2023 Oct 9;11:e111982. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e111982

Data set 1.

Column label Column description
occurrenceID Unique identifier for each occurrence per taxa.
occurrenceStatus The statement about the presence of the Taxon at the given Location.
materialSampleID The unique identifier for the MaterialSample.
collectionID The identifier for the collection or dataset from which the record was derived.
taxonRank The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName.
kingdom The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified.
phylum The full scientific name of the phylum in which the taxon is classified.
class The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified.
order The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified.
family The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified.
genus The full scientific name of the genus in which the taxon is classified.
scientificName The full scientific name in the lowest level taxonomic rank that was determined.
specificEpithet The name of species epithet of the scientificName.
scientificNameAuthorship The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.
scientificNameID The identifier for the nomenclatural details of a scientific name.
country The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.
countryCode The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs following the best practice using an ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 country code.
locality The specific description of the place in which the collection was made.
island The name of the island on which the Location occurs.
decimalLongitude The geographic longitude in decimal degrees of the geographic centre of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it.
decimalLatitude The geographic latitude in decimal degrees of the geographic centre of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it.
verbatimCoordinates The verbatim original spatial coordinates of the Location.
coordinateUncertaintyInMetres The horizontal distance in metres from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the Location. We used the reasonable lower limit on or after 01-05-2020- of a GPS.
eventDate The date-time when the event was recorded. We used best practice using the ISO 8601:1:2019.
year The four-digit year in which the Occurrence was recorded, according to the Common Era Calendar.
month The integer month in which the Occurrence was recorded.
minimumDepthInMetres The lesser depth below the local surface in metres.
maximumDepthInMetres The greater depth below the local surface in metres.
individualCount The number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence if it was countable.
basisOfRecord The specific nature of the data record. We used the recommended best practice of one of the Darwin Core classes.
type The nature of the resource. We used the recommended best practice of one of the Darwin Core classes.
preparations A list concatenated and separated of preparations and preservation methods for the specimen.
recordedBy A person or a list of names of people responsible for recording the original Occurrence.
identifiedBy A person or a list of names of people responsible for recording the original Occurrence.
samplingProtocol Descriptions of the methods used during the sampling Event.
associatedReferences A list concatenated and separated of bibliographic reference of literature associated with the Occurrence.
habitat A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
associatedMedia A list concatenated and separated of publications associated with the Occurrence.
rightsHolder The laboratory owning and managing rights over the resource.
organismRemarks Comments about the nomenclatural history of the specie.