The dataset comprises all occurrence records of hyperiid amphipods from the Southern Ocean sensu lato (south of the sub-Tropical Front). It is based on taxonomic and ecological literature checked until 28 February 2009. Some unpublished species records from the Southern Ocean in various museum collections have also been included.

Citation: Zeidler W. & De Broyer C., 2009. Catalogue of the Hyperiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean with distribution and ecological data. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 79 (Suppl. 1): 1-104.

Published: March 24, 2023 at 15:03

URL: https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=amphipoda_hyperiidea

Claude De Broyer
Royal Belgian Academies of Sciences; Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research

Anton Van de Putte
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF)

Wolfgang Zeidler
South Australian Museum; Department of Invertebrates

1,019

occurrence records

taxa

species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,019		100.0%
decimalLatitude	20		2.0%
decimalLongitude	18	5	2.3%
eventDate	1,019		100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters	243	1	23.9%
minimumDepthInMeters	402		39.5%
occurrenceStatus	1,019		100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag	Records
NO_DEPTH	240	23.6%
ON_LAND	105	10.3%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH	80	7.9%
NO_COORD	25	2.5%
LON_OUT_OF_RANGE	5	0.5%
DEPTH_OUT_OF_RANGE	1	0.1%
MIN_DEPTH_EXCEEDS_MAX	1	0.1%

Amphipoda Hyperiidea of the Southern Ocean: catalogue and occurrences

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Quality flags

Measurement types

DNA derived data