European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EurOBIS point locations EurOBIS - the European Node
of the international Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) - publishes distribution data on marine species, collected within European marine waters or collected by European researchers
outside European marine waters.
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EurOBIS currently holds:
1,342 datasets
of which 617 datasets published with DOI
41,095,194 occurrence records
97,503,964 extended Measurement Or Facts (eMoF) records
37,013,725 quality controlled records (90% QC'd)
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Latest additions & updates

[2024-06-21] MAREANO - Base-line mapping of epifauna obtained with Beamtrawl (29,825 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] MAREANO - Base-line mapping of fauna obtained with grab (57,221 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] MAREANO - Base-line mapping of hyperbenthic crustacea fauna obtained... (18,643 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of wind energy... (32,491 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring at long-term monitoring... (48,464 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of aggregate... (25,887 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Epibenthos and demersal fish monitoring in function of dredge disposal... (50,322 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Red king crab survey data from Finnmark Northern Norway in the period... (5,390 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] Dutch long term monitoring of phytoplankton in the Dutch Continental... (359,021 records) [update] [metadata]
[2024-06-21] LifeWatch observatory data: Permanent Cetacean passive acoustic sensor... (110,590 records) [update] [metadata]

Species documented for the first time in EurOBIS

[2024-06-04]Octophialucium haeckeli (Vannucci & Soares Moreira, 1966)[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Lychnagalma utricularia (Claus, 1879)[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Cunina frugifera Kramp, 1948[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Eirene lactea (Mayer, 1900)[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Chrysosporum ovalisporum (Forti) E.Zapomelová, O.Skácelová, P.Pumann, R.Kopp & E.Janecek, 2012[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Melosira nummuloides Greville[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Pleurosigma stuxbergii var. minor H. Peragallo, 1891[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Coscinodiscus lineatus [sensu] Schmidt in Schmidt et al., 1878[map][WoRMS]
[2024-06-04]Frustulia coffeaeformis sensu Kutzing, 1833 (1834)[map][WoRMS]

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