Dataset

Porifera distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

An annotated check-list is given of Porifera species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.

Citation: Tabachnick, K.R.; (2016). Porifera distribution data from: Deep-sea fauna of European seas - an annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:13

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=deepsea_porifera

Konstantin Tabachnick
Russian Academy of Sciences; P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

72
occurrence records
26
taxa
24
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 72
100.0%
eventDate 1
1.4%
maximumDepthInMeters 33
45.8%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 8
11.1%
ON_LAND 1
1.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data