Dataset

Ophiuroidea 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 Ophiuroidea species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.

Citation: Smirnov, I.S.; Piepenburg, D.; Ahearn, C.; Juterzenka, K.V.; (2016). Ophiuroidea 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 09:09

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

Cynthia Ahearn
Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History

Karen Juterzenka
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research

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

861
occurrence records
69
taxa
67
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 861
100.0%
eventDate 95
11.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 1
0.1%
minimumDepthInMeters 1
0.1%
scientificNameID 3
0.3%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 35
4.1%
NO_MATCH 3
0.3%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX 1
0.1%
NO_DEPTH 1
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data