Table 4.

Description of the main fields used in the dataset.

Field	Description
id	An identifier given to the occurrence at the time it was recorded
modified	The most recent date-time on which the resource was changed
basisOfRecord	The specific nature of the data record
aphiaID	Unique identifier of a taxon
acceptedAphiaID	Unique identifier of an accepted taxon
name	Taxon’s name, as reported originally
acceptedName	Accepted name’s taxon
scientificNameAuthorship	Name of who described the taxon originally
taxonomicStatus	The status of the taxon (e.g., accepted/not accepted)
kingdom	Higher taxonomic classification
phylum	Higher taxonomic classification
class	Higher taxonomic classification
order	Higher taxonomic classification
family	Higher taxonomic classification
genus	Higher taxonomic classification
decimalLongitude	Geographical longitude in decimal degrees of the center of a location
decimalLatitude	Geographical latitude in decimal degrees of the center of a location
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	Distance from decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude that describes the smallest circle containing the entire Location
depthAccuracy	Depth uncertainty, as reported originally
country	Country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs
locality	The specific description of the place
verbatimDepth	Depth in meters
minimumDepthInMeters	Minimum depth in meters
maximumDepthInMeters	Maximum depth in meters
year	The four-digit year in which the Event occurred
month	The two-digit month in which the Event occurred
day	The two-digit day in which the Event occurred
sourceType	Type of original data source
bibliographicCitation	Reference for the resource indicating how this record should be cited
bibliographicCitationDOI	Permanent identifier for the original resource
flagHumanCuratedDistribution*	Flag for records outside the known distribution of species
flagMachineOnLand*	Flag for records occurring over landmasses
flagMachineSuitableLightBottom*	Flag for records outside regions with suitable light conditions
RecordNotes	Additional comments or notes

For more information on additional available fields please refer to the Darwin Core Standard³² permanent repository^34,64 at www.dwc.tdwg.org.

^*Potentially flagged records as ‘−1’ in dataset.