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
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL
http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=deepsea_ophiuroidea
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=deepsea_ophiuroidea

Contacts

Igor Smirnov
Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute of RAS

Dieter Piepenburg
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Institute for Polar Ecology

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
total submitted occurrences
858
accepted occurrences
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