CMLRE has collected various specimens from the Indian Ocean. The current dataset includes a wide range of faunal groups such as fishes, echinoderms, polychaetes, crustaceans, mollusks, and others. These specimens were collected from various cruises onboard FORV Sagar Sampada during the period of 2010-2023 and have been diligently preserved and maintained at the newly established CMLRE Referral Centre.

Citation: Indian Ocean Marine Fauna Voucher Specimens Collections (CMLRE), Kochi, India. Version 1.0. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology. Occurrence dataset (IndOBIS).

Published: August 02, 2025 at 05:49

URL: https://ipt.iobis.org/indobis/resource?r=vocuherspecimencollections

Johnny Konjarla
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

Vinay Padate
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

Saravanane Narayanane
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

Sherine Sonia Cubelio
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology

2,529

occurrence records

1,102

taxa

986

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,529		100.0%
decimalLatitude	2		0.1%
decimalLongitude	2		0.1%
eventDate	6		0.2%
maximumDepthInMeters	6		0.2%
minimumDepthInMeters	6		0.2%
scientificNameID		2	0.1%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag	Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	388	15.3%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	12	0.5%
ON_LAND	9	0.4%
NO_DEPTH	6	0.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	3	0.1%
NO_COORD	2	0.1%

Indian Ocean Marine Fauna Voucher Specimens Collections (CMLRE), Kochi, India

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data