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SIO Benthic Invertebrate Collection

Specimen Records: 51,637
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2020-11-29

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is a research repository housing more than 50,000 lots, representing more than 800,000 specimens and more than 7,600 species from marine environments worldwide. The Collection includes extensive holdings from deep-sea environments (>1,000 m), chemosynthetic ecosystems (hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps, whale falls), Antarctica, and the eastern Pacific. Materials have been collected through a range of techniques, from intertidal hand collecting and SCUBA to trawls and deep-sea submersibles. SIO-BIC contains more than 700 type lots and considerable material properly preserved for genomic studies (95% ethanol and ultracold storage). Multiple preparation types are often available for each lot (e.g., fluid voucher, ethanol subsample, dry material). The searchable electronic database, including a map search feature and specimen images, is updated weekly and publicly accessible online at http://tinyurl.com/siobic. SIO-BIC supports scientific research by providing specimens for study of the taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution of benthic invertebrates, including the description of many new species. Specimens are available for examination at Scripps and for loan to researchers at recognized institutions worldwide, consistent with our loan policies. Collection staff and materials also support education and public outreach via undergraduate and graduate classes, school programs, guest lectures, artist collaborations, and exhibits and events at the Birch Aquarium.

Contacts

Name Charlotte Seid
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcseid@ucsd.edu
Name Charlotte Seid
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcseid@ucsd.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleProject Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Charlotte Seid
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcseid@ucsd.edu
Name Greg Rouse
RoleCurator
Emailgrouse@ucsd.edu
Name Charlotte Seid
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcseid@ucsd.edu
Name Greg Rouse
RolePI
Emailgrouse@ucsd.edu
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  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
geopoint_datum_error  i38810
75.159
dwc_datasetid_added  i37797
73.198
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73.198
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73.198
dwc_taxonomicstatus_added  i37797
73.198
gbif_canonicalname_added  i37797
73.198
gbif_genericname_added  i37797
73.198
gbif_taxon_corrected  i37797
73.198
rev_geocode_eez  i31502
61.007
gbif_reference_added  i30186
58.458
dwc_kingdom_added  i27073
52.429
idigbio_isocountrycode_added  i26987
52.263
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i14613
28.299
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i14537
28.152
dwc_taxonrank_replaced  i12428
24.068
dwc_multimedia_added  i10623
20.572
geopoint_low_precision  i9697
18.779
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i8390
16.248
gbif_vernacularname_added  i8237
15.952
dwc_order_added  i5891
11.408
dwc_order_replaced  i5776
11.186
taxon_match_failed  i4790
9.276
rev_geocode_failure  i4680
9.063
dwc_family_replaced  i3945
7.64
rev_geocode_mismatch  i3094
5.992
dwc_genus_added  i2962
5.736
dwc_class_replaced  i2601
5.037
dwc_phylum_replaced  i2079
4.026
dwc_genus_replaced  i1789
3.465
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i1609
3.116
dwc_family_added  i941
1.822
dwc_continent_replaced  i369
0.715
dwc_class_added  i310
0.6
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i165
0.32
dwc_kingdom_replaced  i164
0.318
rev_geocode_corrected  i159
0.308
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i155
0.3
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i150
0.29
rev_geocode_flip  i122
0.236
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i33
0.064
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i28
0.054
datecollected_bounds  i19
0.037
dwc_country_replaced  i15
0.029
rev_geocode_lat_sign  i9
0.017
dwc_specificepithet_added  i1
0.002
geopoint_0_coord  i1
0.002
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