Dataset

Senckenberg's collection management system

EurOBIS Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Sesam is the Collection Management System of the Senckenberg Museum. SeSam was developed together with com2 (Bad Homburg). All collections (both zoological and botanical) of the Senckenberg Research Institute are going to use this efficient tool.

Citation: Türkay, M. Senckenbergisches Sammlungsverwaltungssystem, SeSam. Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft , Frankfurt, Germany. http://sesam.senckenberg.de/

Published: October 06, 2025 at 08:05

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

Michael Türkay
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt a. M; Abteilung Marine Zoologie; Sektion Crustacea

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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt a. M; Abteilung Marine Zoologie; Sektion Crustacea

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

21,469
occurrence records
2,673
taxa
2,367
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 21,469
100.0%
decimalLongitude 7
0.0%
eventDate 21,469
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 2,684
12.5%
minimumDepthInMeters 2,684
12.5%
scientificName 2
0.0%
scientificNameID 402 14
1.9%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 2,684
12.5%
ON_LAND 2,130
9.9%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 1,119
5.2%
NOT_MARINE 871
4.1%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX 350
1.6%
NO_MATCH 257
1.2%
WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS 47
0.2%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 21
0.1%
NO_COORD 7
0.0%
MARINE_UNSURE 4
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data