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Juvenile Coral Observations Data Dictionary

Entity (ENT)  |  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36175  |  Updated: November 26, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

This entity describes the columns in the dataset for coral belt observations (juvenile)

Description

Coral belt observations (juvenile)

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data View

Data Attribute / Type Description
ROUNDID
NUMERIC 		Unique Identifier for ROUND record.
MISSIONID
TEXT 		Mission Identifier.
REGION
TEXT 		The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
REGION_NAME
TEXT 		The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
ISLANDCODE
TEXT 		3-letter code for ISLAND.
ISLAND
TEXT 		Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
SITE
TEXT 		The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code (ISLANDCODE) with a 2-4 digit site number.
LATITUDE
NUMERIC 		Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
LONGITUDE
NUMERIC 		Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
REEF_ZONE_CODE
TEXT 		3-letter code for REEF_ZONE.
REEF_ZONE
TEXT 		The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon).
HABITAT_CODE
TEXT 		3-letter code for HABITAT_TYPE.
HABITAT_TYPE
TEXT 		Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE.
SITE_MIN_DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Minimum SITE depth (ft).
SITE_MAX_DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Maximum SITE depth (ft).
DEPTH_BIN
TEXT 		Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) for the given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m
DEPTH_CODE
TEXT 		Single-letter code for DEPTH_BIN (S, M, D).
SITEVISITID
NUMERIC 		Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
DATE_
DATE 		Local date the survey was conducted.
OBS_DAY
NUMERIC 		Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_).
OBS_MONTH
NUMERIC 		Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_).
OBS_YEAR
NUMERIC 		4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
NO_SURVEY_YN
NUMERIC 		Flag (-1) to indicate TRANSECT was not surveyed (Added Sept. 2014).
PHOTOS_TAKEN
NUMERIC 		Flag (-1) to indicate that photographs were taken at the transect. 0 indicates no photographs were taken (Added in 2018).
DIVER
TEXT 		Initials of diver that conducted the survey. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.
METHODNAME
TEXT 		References the coral belt survey method.
BELTTRANSECTRUN
NUMERIC 		Primary key for CORAL_BELT_TRANSECTRUN and unique identifier for TRANSECT.
TRANSECTID
NUMERIC 		Unique transect ID number assigned to each transect during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018).
TRANSECTNUM
NUMERIC 		Unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE.
TRANSECT
NUMERIC 		Transect number (1-4). For collections on HARAMP 2019, any data entered under transect 2 is for use as an internal, diver-to-diver calibration, and is not part of the canonical dataset
SEGMENTID
NUMERIC 		Unique ID number for each segment surveyed during the same NCRMP mission.
SEGMENT
TEXT 		Segment number (1-7). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 1 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart.
SEGLENGTH
NUMERIC 		Segment length (m).
SEGWIDTH
NUMERIC 		Segment width (m), usually 1 m.
NO_COLONY_OBSERVED
NUMERIC 		Flag (-1) to indicate that no coral colonies were observed. 0 indicates corals were present (Added in 2018).
COLONYID
NUMERIC 		Coral colony identifier. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1 or TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'.
COLONYLENGTH
NUMERIC 		Length of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.
COLONYWIDTH
NUMERIC 		Width of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.
MORPH_CODE
TEXT 		Code for MORPHOLOGY.
MORPHOLOGY
TEXT 		Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required.
TAXONCODE
TEXT 		4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if transect was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1).
TAXONNAME
TEXT 		Scientific name of observed organism to the finest taxonomic resolution that divers can identify a colony to, either to species or genus level identification (see RANK). NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.
RANK
TEXT 		Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database.
PHYLUM
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
CLASS
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
S_ORDER
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
FAMILY
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
GENUS_CODE
TEXT 		4-letter code for GENUS.
GENUS
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
SCIENTIFIC_NAME
TEXT 		Taxonomic classification: the true scientific name (genus and species) of the observed organism (TAXONNAME). If NULL, organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK).
APHIAID
TEXT 		Aphia ID from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. Null if organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). If value = 0, species does not exist in WoRMS.

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Item Identification

Title: Juvenile Coral Observations Data Dictionary
Short Name: Coral_Belt_F_DataDictionary
Status: Completed
Abstract:

This entity describes the columns in the dataset for coral belt observations (juvenile)
Notes:

Updated Feb 2019 to reflect addition of monument-led surveys 2014 and 2015.

Updated TRANSECT description on June 19 2019 in anticipation of diver calibration data to be collected on transect 2 during HARAMP surveys (legs 2 and 3).

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data View
Active Version?: Yes
Schema Name: GISDAT
Description:

Coral belt observations (juvenile)

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 ROUNDID NUMERIC Unique Identifier for ROUND record.
100
 MISSIONID TEXT Mission Identifier.
100
 REGION TEXT The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
100
 REGION_NAME TEXT The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
100
 ISLANDCODE TEXT 3-letter code for ISLAND.
100
 ISLAND TEXT Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).
100
 SITE TEXT The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code (ISLANDCODE) with a 2-4 digit site number.
100
 LATITUDE NUMERIC Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.
100
 LONGITUDE NUMERIC Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.
100
 REEF_ZONE_CODE TEXT 3-letter code for REEF_ZONE.
100
 REEF_ZONE TEXT The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon).
100
 HABITAT_CODE TEXT 3-letter code for HABITAT_TYPE.
100
 HABITAT_TYPE TEXT Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE.
100
 SITE_MIN_DEPTH NUMERIC Minimum SITE depth (ft).
100
 SITE_MAX_DEPTH NUMERIC Maximum SITE depth (ft).
100
 DEPTH_BIN TEXT Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) for the given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m
100
 DEPTH_CODE TEXT Single-letter code for DEPTH_BIN (S, M, D).
100
 SITEVISITID NUMERIC Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.
100
 DATE_ DATE Local date the survey was conducted.
100
 OBS_DAY NUMERIC Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_).
100
 OBS_MONTH NUMERIC Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_).
100
 OBS_YEAR NUMERIC 4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).
100
 NO_SURVEY_YN NUMERIC Flag (-1) to indicate TRANSECT was not surveyed (Added Sept. 2014).
100
 PHOTOS_TAKEN NUMERIC Flag (-1) to indicate that photographs were taken at the transect. 0 indicates no photographs were taken (Added in 2018).
100
 DIVER TEXT Initials of diver that conducted the survey. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.
100
 METHODNAME TEXT References the coral belt survey method.
100
 BELTTRANSECTRUN NUMERIC Primary key for CORAL_BELT_TRANSECTRUN and unique identifier for TRANSECT.
100
 TRANSECTID NUMERIC Unique transect ID number assigned to each transect during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018).
100
 TRANSECTNUM NUMERIC Unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE.
100
 TRANSECT NUMERIC Transect number (1-4). For collections on HARAMP 2019, any data entered under transect 2 is for use as an internal, diver-to-diver calibration, and is not part of the canonical dataset
100
 SEGMENTID NUMERIC Unique ID number for each segment surveyed during the same NCRMP mission.
100
 SEGMENT TEXT Segment number (1-7). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 1 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart.
100
 SEGLENGTH NUMERIC Segment length (m).
100
 SEGWIDTH NUMERIC Segment width (m), usually 1 m.
100
 NO_COLONY_OBSERVED NUMERIC Flag (-1) to indicate that no coral colonies were observed. 0 indicates corals were present (Added in 2018).
100
 COLONYID NUMERIC Coral colony identifier. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1 or TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'.
100
 COLONYLENGTH NUMERIC Length of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.
100
 COLONYWIDTH NUMERIC Width of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.
100
 MORPH_CODE TEXT Code for MORPHOLOGY.
100
 MORPHOLOGY TEXT Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required.
100
 TAXONCODE TEXT 4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if transect was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1).
100
 TAXONNAME TEXT Scientific name of observed organism to the finest taxonomic resolution that divers can identify a colony to, either to species or genus level identification (see RANK). NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.
100
 RANK TEXT Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database.
100
 PHYLUM TEXT Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
100
 CLASS TEXT Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
100
 S_ORDER TEXT Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
100
 FAMILY TEXT Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
100
 GENUS_CODE TEXT 4-letter code for GENUS.
100
 GENUS TEXT Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME).
100
 SCIENTIFIC_NAME TEXT Taxonomic classification: the true scientific name (genus and species) of the observed organism (TAXONNAME). If NULL, organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK).
100
 APHIAID TEXT Aphia ID from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. Null if organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). If value = 0, species does not exist in WoRMS.

Attribute Details

ROUNDID

CC ID: 371786
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Unique Identifier for ROUND record.

MISSIONID

CC ID: 371774
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Mission Identifier.

REGION

CC ID: 1194812
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

REGION_NAME

CC ID: 371785
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the region surveyed in the Pacific Islands region: American Samoa, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Mariana Archipelago, main Hawaiian Islands, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

ISLANDCODE

CC ID: 1194813
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

3-letter code for ISLAND.

ISLAND

CC ID: 371769
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of island or atoll surveyed in the Pacific Islands region (REGION_NAME).

SITE

CC ID: 371791
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The code for the site surveyed at the island or atoll (ISLAND). Combines a 3-letter island code (ISLANDCODE) with a 2-4 digit site number.

LATITUDE

CC ID: 371771
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Latitude in decimal degrees, WGS84, for the given SITE.

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 371772
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Longitude in decimal degrees, WGS84 for the given SITE.

REEF_ZONE_CODE

CC ID: 371783
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 3
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

3-letter code for REEF_ZONE.

REEF_ZONE

CC ID: 371782
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The zone for the given SITE (Forereef, Backreef, Protected Slope, Lagoon).

HABITAT_CODE

CC ID: 371767
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

3-letter code for HABITAT_TYPE.

HABITAT_TYPE

CC ID: 371768
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 30
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Habitat type (e.g., aggregate reef, reef rubble, pavement) for the given SITE.

SITE_MIN_DEPTH

CC ID: 371794
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Minimum SITE depth (ft).

SITE_MAX_DEPTH

CC ID: 371793
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Maximum SITE depth (ft).

DEPTH_BIN

CC ID: 371761
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 60
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Classification of depth (shallow, mid, deep) based on midpoint between minimum and maximum depths of transect(s) for the given SITE. Shallow: >0-6 m, Mid: >6-18 m, Deep: >18-30 m

DEPTH_CODE

CC ID: 371762
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Single-letter code for DEPTH_BIN (S, M, D).

SITEVISITID

CC ID: 371792
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identifier created each time a SITE is surveyed on a DATE_.

DATE_

CC ID: 371760
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Local date the survey was conducted.

OBS_DAY

CC ID: 371777
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric day the survey was conducted (DATE_).

OBS_MONTH

CC ID: 371778
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Numeric month the survey was conducted (DATE_).

OBS_YEAR

CC ID: 371779
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

4-digit year the survey was conducted (DATE_).

NO_SURVEY_YN

CC ID: 820583
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Flag (-1) to indicate TRANSECT was not surveyed (Added Sept. 2014).

PHOTOS_TAKEN

CC ID: 989371
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Flag (-1) to indicate that photographs were taken at the transect. 0 indicates no photographs were taken (Added in 2018).

DIVER

CC ID: 371763
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Initials of diver that conducted the survey. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.

METHODNAME

CC ID: 371773
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

References the coral belt survey method.

BELTTRANSECTRUN

CC ID: 371755
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Primary key for CORAL_BELT_TRANSECTRUN and unique identifier for TRANSECT.

TRANSECTID

CC ID: 989779
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique transect ID number assigned to each transect during the same NCRMP mission (Added in 2018).

TRANSECTNUM

CC ID: 989780
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identifier for each transect surveyed within a SITE.

TRANSECT

CC ID: 371798
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Transect number (1-4). For collections on HARAMP 2019, any data entered under transect 2 is for use as an internal, diver-to-diver calibration, and is not part of the canonical dataset

SEGMENTID

CC ID: 989781
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique ID number for each segment surveyed during the same NCRMP mission.

SEGMENT

CC ID: 371789
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Segment number (1-7). Segments are within a TRANSECT and are typically 1 x 1 m in size and situated 2.5 m apart.

SEGLENGTH

CC ID: 371788
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Segment length (m).

SEGWIDTH

CC ID: 371790
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Segment width (m), usually 1 m.

NO_COLONY_OBSERVED

CC ID: 989782
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Flag (-1) to indicate that no coral colonies were observed. 0 indicates corals were present (Added in 2018).

COLONYID

CC ID: 371757
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Coral colony identifier. NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1 or TAXONCODE/SPECIES = 'AAAA'.

COLONYLENGTH

CC ID: 371758
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Length of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.

COLONYWIDTH

CC ID: 371759
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 28
Scale: 8
Status: Active
Description:

Width of juvenile coral colony (<=5 cm). Required. Value -9 is a placeholder and represents a missing value.

MORPH_CODE

CC ID: 371776
Seq. Order: 32
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for MORPHOLOGY.

MORPHOLOGY

CC ID: 371775
Seq. Order: 33
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Coral morphology type (branching, columnar, encrusting, etc.). Required.

TAXONCODE

CC ID: 371796
Seq. Order: 35
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 150
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

4-letter code for TAXONNAME. Code AAAA represents a SEGMENT that was surveyed and no individual colonies were found. NULL if transect was not surveyed (NO_SURVEY_YN = -1).

TAXONNAME

CC ID: 371797
Seq. Order: 35
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 765
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Scientific name of observed organism to the finest taxonomic resolution that divers can identify a colony to, either to species or genus level identification (see RANK). NULL if NO_SURVEY_YN = -1.

RANK

CC ID: 371781
Seq. Order: 36
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Lowest defined rank in taxonomic hierarchy, from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database.

PHYLUM

CC ID: 371780
Seq. Order: 37
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: Phylum of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

CLASS

CC ID: 371756
Seq. Order: 38
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 60
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: Class of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

S_ORDER

CC ID: 371795
Seq. Order: 39
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: Order of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

FAMILY

CC ID: 371764
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: Family of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

GENUS_CODE

CC ID: 371766
Seq. Order: 41
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 12
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

4-letter code for GENUS.

GENUS

CC ID: 371765
Seq. Order: 42
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 300
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: Genus name of observed organism (TAXONNAME).

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

CC ID: 371787
Seq. Order: 43
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 255
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Taxonomic classification: the true scientific name (genus and species) of the observed organism (TAXONNAME). If NULL, organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK).

APHIAID

CC ID: 371754
Seq. Order: 45
Data Storage Type: TEXT
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Aphia ID from the World Registry of Marine Species (WoRMS) database. Null if organism not identified to species taxonomic level (see RANK). If value = 0, species does not exist in WoRMS.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 36175
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:36175
Metadata Record Created By: Troy T Kanemura
Metadata Record Created: 2016-12-31 00:33+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lori H Luers
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-11-26 00:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-10-20
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2020-11-24
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2021-11-24