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| Scientific name |
The full name of lowest level taxon to which the cataloged item can be
identified (e.g., genus name, specific epithet, subspecific epithet,
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| Order |
The phylogenetic order to which the cataloged item belongs. |
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| Family |
The phylogenetic family to which the cataloged item belongs. |
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| Genus |
The phylogenetic genus to which the cataloged item belongs. |
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| Species |
The phylogenetic specific epithet of the cataloged item. |
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| Subspecies |
The phylogenetic subspecific epithet of the cataloged item. |
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| Country |
The full, unabbreviated name of the country or major political unit
from which the cataloged item was collected. |
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| State/Province |
The full, unabbreviated name of the state, province, or region (i.e.,
the next smaller political region than Country) from which the cataloged
item was collected. |
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| County |
The full, unabbreviated name of the county, shire, or municipality
(i.e., the next smaller political region than StateProvince) from which
the cataloged item was collected. |
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| Island |
The full, unabbreviated name of the island from which the cataloged
item was collected. |
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| Island group |
The full, unabbreviated name of the island group from which the
cataloged item was collected. |
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| Continent/Ocean |
The full, unabbreviated name of the continent or ocean from which the
cataloged item was collected. |
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| Higher geography |
The combination of all geographic elements less specific than
locality. "Like" query operations on this element will search for a
substring in any of the higher geography attributes. |
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| Locality |
The description of the locality from which the cataloged item was
collected, sans geographic information provided in other geographic
fields. |
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| Year collected |
The four digit year in the Common Era calendar in which the cataloged
item was collected. |
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| Month collected |
The two digit month of year in the Common Era calendar during which
the cataloged item was collected from the field. |
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| Day collected |
The two digit day of the month in the Common Era calendar during which
the cataloged item was collected from the field. |
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| Time collected |
The time of day the cataloged item was collected, expressed as decimal
hours from midnight, local time (e.g., 12.0 = noon, 13.5 = 1:30pm). |
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| Julian day |
The ordinal day of the year (i.e., the number of days since December
31 of the previous year; January 1 is Julian Day 1) on which the cataloged
item was collected. May be derived from the YearCollected, MonthCollected,
and DayCollected by the provider. |
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| Verbatim collecting date |
The verbatim original representation of the date information for the
collecting event. |
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| Collector |
The name(s) of the collector(s) of the original data for the cataloged
item. |
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| Collector number |
An identifying string applied to the cataloged item at the time of
collection. Serves as a link between field notes and the cataloged
items. |
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| Field number |
An identifying string applied to a set of material that resulted from
a single collecting event. |
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| Field notes |
A reference to, or flag marking the existence of notes taken in the
field for the cataloged item. |
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| Catalog number text |
An alphanumeric value which identifies an individual cataloged item
within the collection. It is recommended that this value provides a key by
which the individual cataloged item can be identified. |
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| Catalog number |
The CatalogNumber as a numeric value, if applicable. Allows searching
on numeric ranges of CatalogNumbers. |
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| Type status |
A list of one or more nomenclatural types that the cataloged item
represents (e.g., "holotype of Ctenomys sociabilis. Pearson O. P., and M.
I. Christie. 1985. Historia Natural, 5(37):388."). |
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| Higher taxon |
The combination of names of taxonomic ranks less specific than Genus.
"Like" query operations on this element will search for a substring in any
of the higher taxon attributes. |
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| Kingdom |
The phylogenetic kingdom to which the cataloged item belongs. |
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| Phylum |
The phylogenetic phylum (or division) to which the cataloged item
belongs. |
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| Class |
The phylogenetic class to which the cataloged item belongs. |
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| Scientific name author |
The author of the ScientificName. Can be more than one author in a
concatenated string. Should be formatted according to the conventions of
the applicable taxonomic discipline. |
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| Identified by |
The name(s) of the person(s) who applied the currently accepted
ScientificName to the cataloged item. |
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| Identification modifier |
Additional information documenting the taxonomic determination of the
cataloged item (e.g., "cf.", "aff.", "subspecies in question", etc.). |
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| Year identified |
The four digit year in the Common Era calendar in which the cataloged
item was identified as having the ScientificName. |
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| Month identified |
The two digit month in the Common Era calendar during which the
cataloged item was identified. |
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| Day identified |
The two digit day of the month in the Common Era calendar during which
the cataloged item was identified. |
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| Sex |
The sex of a cataloged item (e.g., male, female, hermaphrodite,
gynandromorph, not recorded, indeterminate, transitional - between sexes,
for sequential hermaphrodites). |
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| AgeClass |
The age class, reproductive stage, life stage of the biological
individual (e.g., juvenile, adult, eft, nymph, etc.). |
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| Preparations |
A concatenated list of preparations and preservation methods (skin,
skull, skeleton, whole animal (ETOH), slide, etc.) for the cataloged
item. |
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| Tissues |
A concatenated list of tissues and preservation methods (whole
(frozen), liver (EDTA), etc.) for the cataloged item. |
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| Individual count |
The number of individuals present in the lot or container referred to
by the catalog number. Not an estimate of abundance or density at the
collecting locality. |
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| Other catalog numbers |
A list of previous or alternative fully qualified catalog numbers of
the cataloged item whether in the current collection or in any other. |
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| Related cataloged items |
The fully qualified identifier (Institution Code + " " + Collection
Code + " " + Catalog Number) of the related Cataloged Item, preceded by
the nature of the relationship (e.g., (sibling of) MVZ Mamm 1234). |
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| Remarks |
Free text comments accompanying the cataloged item record. |
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| Decimal latitude |
The latitude of the location from which the cataloged item was
collected, expressed in decimal degrees. |
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| Decimal longitude |
The longitude of the location from which the cataloged item was
collected, expressed in decimal degrees. |
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| Horizontal datum |
The horizontal geodetic datum to which the DecimalLatitude and
DecimalLongitude refer. |
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| Coordinate uncertainty in meters |
The upper limit of the distance (in meters) from the given latitude
and longitude describing a circle within which the whole of the described
locality must lie. Use NULL where the uncertainty is unknown, cannot be
estimated, or is not applicable. |
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| Georeferencing method |
A reference to the methods used for determining the coordinates and
uncertainties. |
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| Bounding box |
This access point provides a mechanism for performing searches using a
bounding box. A Bounding Box element is not typically present in the
database, but rather is derived from the DecimalLatitude and
DecimalLongitude columns by the data provider. |
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| Lat/Long comments |
Comments about the LatLong determination. |
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| Verbatim latitude |
A text representation of the Latitude data in its original format in
the source database. |
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| Verbatim longitude |
A text representation of the Longitude data in its original format in
the source database. |
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| Original coordinate system |
The name of the system in which the original geographic coordinates
were recorded (e.g., "decimal degrees", "degrees minutes seconds", "UTM",
etc.). |
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| Minimum elevation in meters |
The minimum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of
the collecting locality. |
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| Maximum elevation in meters |
The maximum distance in meters above (positive) or below sea level of
the collecting locality. |
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| Verbatim elevation |
A text representation of the Elevation in its original format in the
source database. |
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| Minimum depth in meters |
The minimum distance in meters below the surface of the water at which
the collection was made; all material collected was at least this deep.
Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g., collecting above sea
level in tidal areas). |
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| Maximum depth in meters |
The maximum distance in meters below the surface of the water at which
the collection was made; all material collected was at most this deep.
Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g., collecting above sea
level in tidal areas). |
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| Verbatim depth |
A text representation of the Depth in its original format in the
source database. |
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| Basis of record |
A description indicating whether the record represents an observation,
tissue sample, living organism, voucher specimen, germplasm/seed, genetic
information, etc. |
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| Collection |
A unique alphanumeric value that identifies the collection within the
institution in which the item is cataloged. This attribute must contain no
spaces. |
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| Institution |
A code that identifies the institution to which the cataloged item
belongs. No global registry exists for institutional codes; use the code
that is "standard" in your discipline. This attribute must contain no
spaces. |
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| Date last modified |
ISO 8601 date and time in UTC(GMT) when the record was last modified.
Example: "November 5, 1994, 8:15:30 am, US Eastern Standard Time" would be
"1994-11-05T13:15:30Z" (see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime). |
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| GenBankNum |
GenBank Accession number. |
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