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 and MIRAI) and submersibles.Data of this dataset is derived from the Marine Biological Sample Database of JAMSTEC. At the original database, you may search sample information such as number of individuals, preservation methods, sex, life stages, 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: September 30, 2025 at 08:57

URL: https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/ipt/resource?r=jamstec_sampledb

Data Management Group, JAMSTEC
Data Management Group, JAMSTEC

34,973
occurrence records
1,996
taxa
778
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 34,973
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 32,947
94.2%
minimumDepthInMeters 32,947
94.2%
scientificNameID 437 48
1.4%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 32,947
94.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 483
1.4%
NO_MATCH 385
1.1%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE 178
0.5%
SCIENTIFICNAMEID_EXTERNAL 175
0.5%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 109
0.3%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 70
0.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_GROUPING 62
0.2%
ON_LAND 45
0.1%
ZERO_COORD 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data