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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL AccConID String 21
attribute NC_GLOBAL AccConstrDescription String This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.
attribute NC_GLOBAL AccConstrDisplay String This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
attribute NC_GLOBAL AccConstrEN String Attribution (CC BY)
attribute NC_GLOBAL AccessConstraint String Attribution (CC BY)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Acronym String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL added_date String 2004-08-11 10:24:36
attribute NC_GLOBAL BrackishFlag String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL CDate String 2004-05-10
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Other
attribute NC_GLOBAL CheckedFlag String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL Citation String NRCC, University of Texas Medical Branch, Phillip Lee, and James B. Wood; Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Cartiona L. Day and Ronald K. O'Dor., CephBase (European data). National Resource Center for Cephalopods (NRCC), 11 Aug 2004, Galveston, Texas.
attribute NC_GLOBAL Comments String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL ContactEmail String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String Lee, Day, Wood
attribute NC_GLOBAL CurrencyDate String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL DasID String 18
attribute NC_GLOBAL DasOrigin String Literature research
attribute NC_GLOBAL DasType String Data
attribute NC_GLOBAL DasTypeID String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL DateLastModified String {'date': '2025-02-13 01:37:29.538097', 'timezone_type': 1, 'timezone': '+01:00'}
attribute NC_GLOBAL DescrCompFlag String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL DescrTransFlag String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 32.34
attribute NC_GLOBAL EmbargoDate String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL EngAbstract String A database-driven web site on all living cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus). Contact at cephbase@hotmail.com
attribute NC_GLOBAL EngDescr String CephBase is a dynamic relational database-driven web site that has been online since 1998. CephBase provides taxonomic data, distribution, images, videos, predator and prey data, size, references and scientific contact information for all living species of cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus) in an easy to access, user-friendly manner.

Species Database:
Search by scientific, common name or synonym to call up species-specific pages with information such as full taxonomy, type species, names, size, predators, prey, biogeography, distribution maps, country lists, life history, images, videos, references, genetic information links and other internet resources.

Image Database:
Search our ~1650 cephalopod images which cover all life stages, behaviour, ecology, taxonomy as well as many other aspects of these amazing animals. Each image has a caption, key words, location, photographer and other data.

Video Database:
There are ~150 video clips in the video database.

Reference Database:
There are now over 6000 ceph papers in our reference database.

Researcher Directory:
Looking for a grad school supervisor or cephalopod expert? There are over 400 names in the International Directory of Cephalopod Workers.

Predators and Prey:
Search by predator, prey or cephalopod species in our predators and prey databases.

Biogeography:
In collaboration with The Sea Around Us Project (Daniel Pauly, Principal Investigator), the species-specific occurrence records already in CephBase and geographical distributions of commercial species in the 1984 FAO Species Catalogue, have been allocated to 18 FAO Statistical Areas, 64 Large Marine Ecosystems and the Exclusive Economic Zones of about 200 maritime countries
and territories. See the Biogeography page. Links to country lists are available on each species page, where applicable. Plots of the occurrence records can now be plotted with either the C-Squares Mapper (courtesy of Tony Rees, CSIRO) or the OBIS Specimen Mapper (courtesy of the Kansas Geological Survey and the Hexacorallia Project) and the distribution range maps can be viewed.

You can also view feedback we have received, FAQ's, links, our collaborators and the CIAC beak database in CephBase.

The CephBase project was created in 1998 by Dr. James Wood and Catriona Day, at Dalhousie University (Dr. Ron O'Dor, Principal Investigator), supported by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Since 2000, the database has been housed at the National Resource Center for Cephalopods at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Dr. Phil Lee, Principal Investigator)
and continues to be maintained by Catriona Day at the UBC Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, BC. CephBase is part of the Census of Marine Life, an international program to explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life.
attribute NC_GLOBAL FreshFlag String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 81.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double 27.45
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 32.34
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -45.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL InputNotes String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String BBSR
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String aphia_id, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, ScientificName
attribute NC_GLOBAL License String https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute NC_GLOBAL Lineage String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL MarineFlag String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL modified_sync String 2021-02-04 00:00:00
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 81.25
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigAbstract String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigDescr String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigDescrLang String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigDescrLangNL String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigLangCode String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigLangCodeExtended String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigLangID String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigTitle String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigTitleLang String English
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigTitleLangCode String en
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigTitleLangID String 15
attribute NC_GLOBAL OrigTitleLangNL String Engels
attribute NC_GLOBAL Progress String In Progress
attribute NC_GLOBAL PublicFlag String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL ReleaseDate String Aug 11 2004 12:00AM
attribute NC_GLOBAL ReleaseDate0 String 2004-08-11
attribute NC_GLOBAL RevisionDate String None
attribute NC_GLOBAL SizeReference String 786 species
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double 27.45
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL StandardTitle String CephBase
attribute NC_GLOBAL StatusID String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL subsetVariables String ScientificName,aphia_id
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String A database-driven web site on all living cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus). Contact at cephbase@hotmail.com
attribute NC_GLOBAL TerrestrialFlag String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String CephBase
attribute NC_GLOBAL UDate String 2012-06-11
attribute NC_GLOBAL VersionDate String Feb 25 2004 12:00AM
attribute NC_GLOBAL VersionDay String 24
attribute NC_GLOBAL VersionMonth String 5
attribute NC_GLOBAL VersionName String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL VersionYear String 2006
attribute NC_GLOBAL VlizCoreFlag String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -45.0
variable ScientificName   String  
attribute ScientificName long_name String ScientificName
attribute ScientificName sdn_P02_name String SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters
attribute ScientificName sdn_P02_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/ (external link)
attribute ScientificName sdn_P02_urn String SDN:P02::BPRP
attribute ScientificName sdn_parameter_name String Taxon of biological entity specified elsewhere
attribute ScientificName sdn_parameter_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/ (external link)
attribute ScientificName sdn_parameter_urn String SDN:P01::SCNAME01
attribute ScientificName sdn_uom_name String Not applicable
attribute ScientificName sdn_uom_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/ (external link)
attribute ScientificName sdn_uom_urn String SDN:P06::XXXX
attribute ScientificName standard_name String scientificname
attribute ScientificName units String Not applicable
attribute ScientificName units_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/ (external link)
variable InstitutionCode   String  
attribute InstitutionCode long_name String InstitutionCode
attribute InstitutionCode units String None
attribute InstitutionCode units_uri String None
variable longitude   float  
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range float -45.0, 32.34
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude units_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALONZZ01 (external link)
variable latitude   float  
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range float 27.45, 81.25
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude units_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALATZZ01 (external link)
variable aphia_id   float  
attribute aphia_id long_name String aphia_id
attribute aphia_id sdn_P02_name String SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters
attribute aphia_id sdn_P02_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/ (external link)
attribute aphia_id sdn_P02_urn String SDN:P02::BPRP
attribute aphia_id sdn_parameter_name String Identifier (LSID) of biological entity specified elsewhere
attribute aphia_id sdn_parameter_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/ (external link)
attribute aphia_id sdn_parameter_urn String SDN:P01::SNANID01
attribute aphia_id sdn_uom_name String Not applicable
attribute aphia_id sdn_uom_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/ (external link)
attribute aphia_id sdn_uom_urn String SDN:P06::XXXX
attribute aphia_id standard_name String aphia_id
attribute aphia_id units String Not applicable
attribute aphia_id units_uri String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/ (external link)

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 
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