This dataset includes information on sea stars collected during the EPOS3 expedition, which took place in 1989. The expedition focused on the Weddell Sea.

Citation: Danis B, Wilmes J, Jangoux M, 2008. Sea stars from the EPOS 3 expedition. Contribution to the SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network.

Published: March 19, 2019 at 14:43

URL: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=epos3_asteroida

Bruno Danis
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Departement Educatie en Natuur; Afdeling Zoetwaterbiologie

Anton Van de Putte
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF)

293

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	293	100.0%
eventDate	64	21.8%
occurrenceStatus	293	100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	37	12.6%
ON_LAND	9	3.1%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	1	0.3%

EPOS3: SeaStars (Echinodermata, Asteroidea)

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data