Dataset

Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC

OBIS Japan Open in mapper Explore occurrences

This dataset contains data of biological samples which were collected during scientific missions of JAMSTEC ships (NATSUSHIMA, KAIYO, YOKOSUKA, KAIREI, MIRAI, KAIMEI, SHINSEI MARU and HAKUHO MARU) and submersibles. Data of this dataset is derived from the marine sample database of JAMSTEC. At the original database, you may search sample information such as identification, collecting information, and related literatures.

Citation
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2016 onwards). JAMSTEC Marine Biological Samples Database. https://doi.org/10.48518/00001. Accessed on yyyy-mm-dd.
Published
August 12, 2026 at 06:39
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License
URL
https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/ipt/resource?r=jamstec_sampledb
Archive
https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/ipt/archive.do?r=jamstec_sampledb

Contacts

Data Management Office, JAMSTEC
Data Management Office, JAMSTEC

35,292
total submitted occurrences
34,895
accepted occurrences
1,996
taxa
789
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 35,292
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 33,261
94.2%
minimumDepthInMeters 33,261
94.2%
scientificNameID 447 58
1.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 33,261
94.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 482
1.4%
NO_MATCH 396
1.1%
SCIENTIFICNAMEID_EXTERNAL 182
0.5%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE 178
0.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 99
0.3%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 75
0.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING 62
0.2%
ON_LAND 36
0.1%
ZERO_COORD 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data