Dataset

Scleractinia 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

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An annotated check-list is given of Scleractinia species occurring deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe.

Citation: Keller, N.B.; (2016). Scleractinia 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 08:38

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

Natalia Keller
Russian Academy of Sciences; P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology

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

93
occurrence records
20
taxa
19
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 93
100.0%
eventDate 1
1.1%
maximumDepthInMeters 73
78.5%
minimumDepthInMeters 1
1.1%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 11
11.8%
ON_LAND 2
2.2%
NO_DEPTH 1
1.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data