Dataset
OBIS USA Open in mapper Explore occurrences
The Invertebrate Zoology Collection contains over 23,000 catalogued lots of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial invertebrates and an estimated 10,000 additional lots of uncatalogued specimens.
Citation: Alabama Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collection https://arctos.database.museum/collection/ALMNH:Inv
Published: April 14, 2026 at 00:02
First registration: October 06, 2023 at 15:26
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License
URL: https://ipt.vertnet.org/resource?r=almnh_inv
Contacts:
Kevin Kocot
Alabama Museum of Natural History
David Bloom
VertNet
Dusty McDonald
Arctos
Brooke Bogan
Alabama Museum of Natural History
| Field | Missing | Invalid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | 11,913 |
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| decimalLatitude | 6,415 |
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| decimalLongitude | 6,415 |
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| eventDate | 29 |
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| maximumDepthInMeters | 7,949 |
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| minimumDepthInMeters | 7,949 |
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| occurrenceStatus | 28,249 |
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| scientificNameID | 16,911 | 24 |
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The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.
| Flag | Dropped | Records | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO_DEPTH | 7,949 |
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| NO_COORD | 6,415 |
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| NOT_MARINE | 5,654 |
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| ON_LAND | 2,550 |
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| NO_MATCH | 1,671 |
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| DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH | 382 |
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| MARINE_UNSURE | 90 |
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| NO_ACCEPTED_NAME | 82 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_RESOLVABLE | 11 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_REJECT_AMBIGUOUS | 5 |
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| WORMS_ANNOTATION_UNRESOLVABLE | 1 |
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