Overview of world wide locations where the type specimens originally were captured, collected or observed. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Schockaert, E. (1973). Monografie der Polycystididae (Turbellaria, Kalyptorhynchia). PhD Thesis. Rijksuniversiteit Gent: Gent. 229, figures pp.

Citation: Schockaert E.; De Coninck L.A.P.; Faculteit Wetenschappen. RUG: Belgium; (2016): Type locality records of Polycystididae species in the world. (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4596) https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/189

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:35

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

Ernest Schockaert
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

Lucien Adolf Pieter De Coninck
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen

Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	73		82.0%
decimalLatitude	1		1.1%
decimalLongitude	1		1.1%
eventDate	75		84.3%
maximumDepthInMeters	59		66.3%
minimumDepthInMeters	59		66.3%
scientificNameID	9	1	11.2%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	59	66.3%
ON_LAND	42	47.2%
NO_MATCH	10	11.2%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	9	10.1%
NOT_MARINE	6	6.7%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME	4	4.5%
NO_COORD	1	1.1%

Type locality records of Polycystididae species in the world

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data