Dataset

CeDAMar database for benthic biological sampling on the abyssal plains

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The primary objective for developing a CeDAMar database is to generate a map of biological abyssal sampling stations in the World Ocean. These data represent the European coverage.

Citation: Martinez Arbizu, P. Smith, C. R., Keller, S. & Ebbe, B. (Editors). Biogeographic Database of the Census of Abyssal Marine Life. [date accessed]. World Wide Web electronic publication. Available online at http://www.cedamar.org/biogeography https://doi.org/10.15468/oc9tsb

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:42

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

Stefanie Keller
Senckenberg am Meer; German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research

Pedro Martinez Arbizu
Senckenberg am Meer; German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research

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

12,337
occurrence records
2,813
taxa
2,703
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 12,337
100.0%
decimalLongitude 1
0.0%
eventDate 12,337
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 12,337
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 12,337
100.0%
scientificNameID 293 36
2.7%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 12,337
100.0%
NO_MATCH 273
2.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 82
0.7%
ON_LAND 67
0.5%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 50
0.4%
ZERO_COORD 6
0.0%
MARINE_UNSURE 2
0.0%
LON_OUT_OF_RANGE 1
0.0%
NO_COORD 1
0.0%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE 1
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data