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. 2016 May 30;(4):e8210. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8210

Data set 1.

Column label Column description
recordNumber A unique identifier for the record within the data set or collection
institutionCode The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record
basisOfRecord The specific nature of the data record, as described in http://terms.tdwg.org/wiki/dwc:basisOfRecord
individualCount The number of individuals in a replicate sample unit
year The sampling year
month The sampling month
sampletrackcode Denotes the code of each sample
fieldNumber Denotes the code of each replicate unit
continent The name of the continent in which the sampling location occurs
country The name of the country in which the sampling location occurs
countryCode The standard code of the country in which the sampling location occurs
locality The specific location where the sample was taken
waterBody The name of the water body in which the sampling location occurs
higherGeographyID The id of the higher geography of the sampling location according to marineregions.org
minimumDepthInMeters The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters
maximumDepthInMeters The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters
decimalLatitude The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive
decimalLongitude The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the sampling location
samplingProtocol The description of the method or protocol used for sample collection
taxonNameAsInFile The scientific name of the taxon, as given by the data provider
scientificNameID A unique identifier for each scientific name
scientificName The accepted scientific name of the taxon, not including authorship
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
subgenus The full scientific name of the subgenus in which the taxon is classified
specificEpithet The species epithet of the scientificName
scientificNameAuthorship The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode
taxonID Aphia ID for the accepted scientific names (Unique Identifier for the taxon within the World Register of Marine Species - www.marinespecies.org)