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All Invertebrates of the World Oceans

[   World   ]
[   Arctic   ]
[   North Atlantic   ]
[   South Atlantic   ]
[   Southern Ocean   ]
[   Indian Ocean   ]
[   South Pacific   ]
[   North Pacific   ]
[   Baltic Sea   ]
[   Mediterranean Sea   ]
[   Australia subregion   ]
Data Access
Links Table
The data files linked below are all-taxa Reference Compilations.

If you only want data from a single taxa group (e.g., only copepods or diatoms or dolphins),
follow the taxa group links found in the main MZGdb map interface pages.

The "All Invertebrates" files contain data from all of the zooplankton (crustacean+non-crustacean) and benthic taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Vertebrates" files contain data from all of the fish and megafauna taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Microbes + Protists" files contain data from all of the phytoplankton (microbes and protists) taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Marine Fauna + Flora Combo" files contain all data from the All Invertebrates, All Vertebrates, All Microbes + Protists combined files.

The "World (All-World-Oceans)" geographic region includes data from all of the other ocean and seas sub-regions.

The "Mode-A" files contain species-only barcodes for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-B" files contain species-only barcodes sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.
The "Mode-C" files contain genus and/or species sequences for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-D" files contain genus and/or species sequences sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.

The entire MZGdb database is therefore available via the "All Plankton Combo (All-World-Oceans) Mode-A" data files.

MZGdb DATA FILES

Database-Version:   v2023-m07-15
Mode-A

COI barcodes = 303643
12s barcodes = 14331
16s barcodes = 65059
18s barcodes = 19734
28s barcodes = 22816
Mode-B

COI barcodes = 4339
12s barcodes = 27
16s barcodes = 231
18s barcodes = 52
28s barcodes = 60
Mode-C

COI barcodes = 378281
12s barcodes = 17521
16s barcodes = 81567
18s barcodes = 28256
28s barcodes = 33529
Mode-D

COI barcodes = 13547
12s barcodes = 353
16s barcodes = 1235
18s barcodes = 212
28s barcodes = 382
FASTA file MZGdb fasta (mode-A)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean
(mode-A)
MZGdb fasta (mode-B)

not applicable
MZGdb fasta (mode-C)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean
(mode-C)
MZGdb fasta (mode-D)

not applicable
Mothur-formatted
Taxonomic Hierarchy file

(paired with FASTA file above)
MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean
(mode-A)
MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)

not applicable
MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean
(mode-C)
MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)

not applicable
MZGdb v3.0

"full format"

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Format Description
CSV

Excel-friendly full format
comma-separated-values
MZGdb CSV (mode-A)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean
(mode-A)
MZGdb CSV (mode-B)

not applicable
MZGdb CSV (mode-C)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean
(mode-C)
MZGdb CSV (mode-D)

not applicable
PSV

pipe-separated-values
MZGdb PSV (mode-A)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean
(mode-A)
MZGdb PSV (mode-B)

not applicable
MZGdb PSV (mode-C)

COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean
(mode-C)
MZGdb PSV (mode-D)

not applicable











Fri Jul 21 15:47:10 EDT 2023