Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	CephBase
Institution:	BBSR (Dataset ID: CephBase)
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Variable

Optional
Constraint #1

Optional
Constraint #2

Minimum

or a List of Values

Maximum

ScientificName (Not applicable)

InstitutionCode (None)

"UTMB"

longitude (degrees_east)

-45.0

32.34

latitude (degrees_north)

27.45

81.25

aphia_id (Not applicable)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  ScientificName {
    String long_name "ScientificName";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Taxon of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SCNAME01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "scientificname";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SCNAME01/";
  }
  InstitutionCode {
    String long_name "InstitutionCode";
    String units "None";
    String units_uri "None";
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -45.0, 32.34;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALONZZ01";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range 27.45, 81.25;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ALATZZ01";
  }
  aphia_id {
    String long_name "aphia_id";
    String sdn_P02_name "SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters";
    String sdn_P02_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/BPRP/";
    String sdn_P02_urn "SDN:P02::BPRP";
    String sdn_parameter_name "Identifier (LSID) of biological entity specified elsewhere";
    String sdn_parameter_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
    String sdn_parameter_urn "SDN:P01::SNANID01";
    String sdn_uom_name "Not applicable";
    String sdn_uom_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/XXXX/";
    String sdn_uom_urn "SDN:P06::XXXX";
    String standard_name "aphia_id";
    String units "Not applicable";
    String units_uri "https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/SNANID01/";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String AccConID "21";
    String AccConstrDescription "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.";
    String AccConstrDisplay "This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.";
    String AccConstrEN "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String AccessConstraint "Attribution (CC BY)";
    String Acronym "None";
    String added_date "2004-08-11 10:24:36";
    String BrackishFlag "None";
    String CDate "2004-05-10";
    String cdm_data_type "Other";
    String CheckedFlag "0";
    String Citation "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.";
    String Comments "None";
    String ContactEmail "None";
    String Conventions "COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_name "Lee, Day, Wood";
    String CurrencyDate "None";
    String DasID "18";
    String DasOrigin "Literature research";
    String DasType "Data";
    String DasTypeID "1";
    String DateLastModified "{'date': '2025-02-13 01:37:29.538097', 'timezone_type': 1, 'timezone': '+01:00'}";
    String DescrCompFlag "0";
    String DescrTransFlag "0";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 32.34;
    String EmbargoDate "None";
    String EngAbstract "A database-driven web site on all living cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus). Contact at cephbase@hotmail.com";
    String EngDescr 
"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.";
    String FreshFlag "None";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 81.25;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 27.45;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 32.34;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -45.0;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-03-09T23:06:17Z (local files)
2025-03-09T23:06:17Z http://erddap.eurobis.org/erddap/tabledap/CephBase.html";
    String infoUrl "None";
    String InputNotes "None";
    String institution "BBSR";
    String keywords "aphia_id, InstitutionCode, latitude, longitude, ScientificName";
    String License "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/";
    String license 
"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.";
    String Lineage "None";
    String MarineFlag "0";
    String modified_sync "2021-02-04 00:00:00";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 81.25;
    String OrigAbstract "None";
    String OrigDescr "None";
    String OrigDescrLang "None";
    String OrigDescrLangNL "None";
    String OrigLangCode "None";
    String OrigLangCodeExtended "None";
    String OrigLangID "None";
    String OrigTitle "None";
    String OrigTitleLang "English";
    String OrigTitleLangCode "en";
    String OrigTitleLangID "15";
    String OrigTitleLangNL "Engels";
    String Progress "In Progress";
    String PublicFlag "1";
    String ReleaseDate "Aug 11 2004 12:00AM";
    String ReleaseDate0 "2004-08-11";
    String RevisionDate "None";
    String SizeReference "786 species";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 27.45;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String StandardTitle "CephBase";
    String StatusID "1";
    String subsetVariables "ScientificName,aphia_id";
    String summary "A database-driven web site on all living cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus). Contact at cephbase@hotmail.com";
    String TerrestrialFlag "0";
    String title "CephBase";
    String UDate "2012-06-11";
    String VersionDate "Feb 25 2004 12:00AM";
    String VersionDay "24";
    String VersionMonth "5";
    String VersionName "1";
    String VersionYear "2006";
    String VlizCoreFlag "1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -45.0;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form or Subset form. They make the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.