Global scale surface meso-plankton dataset collected with High-Speed Net and imaged with ZooScan during the Tara Pacific Expedition
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Mériguet, Zoé ;
Lombard, Fabien Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
The Tara Pacific expedition sampled differents ecosystems of the oceans during a two-year expedition (2016-2018), collecting environmental data and surface plankton of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, from viruses to metazoans, on board the 36-metre Tara Schooner. Mesoplankton was sampled using the High-Speed Net (330-micron mesh size), a net designed to collect plankton while sailing at high speed. See https://doi.org/10.17882/102336 for more details. Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output Scope Themes: Biology > Plankton > Mesoplankton Keywords: Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Global · Habitats and biotopes · Imaging · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Plankton · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Acantharia · Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903 · Achelata · Actinopterygii · Amphipoda · Annelida · Anthozoa · Appendicularia · Atlanta Lesueur, 1817 · Bivalvia · Brachyura · Bryozoa · Calanidae Dana, 1846 · Calanoida · Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1849-1852) · Candaciidae Giesbrecht, 1892-1893 · Caprellidae Leach, 1814 · Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) · Cavoliniidae J. E. Gray, 1850 (1815) · Centropagidae Giesbrecht, 1892 · Cephalopoda · Chaetognatha · Cnidaria · Collodaria · Copepoda · Corycaeidae Dana, 1846 · Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828) · Crustacea · Ctenophora · Cyanobacteria · Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · Doliolida · Echinodermata · Echinoidea · Eucalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893 · Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893 · Eumalacostraca · Euphausiacea · Foraminifera · Gammaridae Latreille, 1802 · Globorotaliidae Cushman, 1927 · Gymnosomata · Halobates Eschscholtz, 1822 · Harpacticoida · Heterorhabdidae Sars G.O., 1902 · Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853 · Hydrozoa · Hyperiidea · Insecta · Isopoda · Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903 · Leptothecata · Limacinidae J. E. Gray, 1840 · Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902 · Mollusca · Monstrilloida · Nudibranchia · Oikopleuridae Lohmann, 1915 · Oithonidae Dana, 1853-1855 · Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 · Ophiuroidea · Orbulina d'Orbigny, 1839 · Ostracoda · Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815 · Physonectae · Podon Lilljeborg, 1853 · Pontellidae Dana, 1852-1853 · Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852 · Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 · Porpita Lamarck, 1801 · Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818 · Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 · Salpida · Salpidae Lahille, 1888 · Scyphozoa · Sergestidae Dana, 1852 · Siphonophorae · Siphonostomatoida · Spumellaria · Squillidae Latreille, 1802 · Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893 · Thaliacea · Velella Lamarck, 1801 Geographical coverage EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box Coordinates: MinLong: -178,9765; MinLat: -35,6494 - MaxLong: 179,331; MaxLat: 46,9448 [WGS84] Temporal coverage
29 May 2016 - 31 August 2018 Taxonomic coverage
Acantharia [WoRMS]
Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903 [WoRMS]
Achelata [WoRMS]
Actinopterygii [WoRMS]
Amphipoda [WoRMS]
Annelida [WoRMS]
Anthozoa [WoRMS]
Appendicularia [WoRMS]
Atlanta Lesueur, 1817 [WoRMS]
Bivalvia [WoRMS]
Brachyura [WoRMS]
Bryozoa [WoRMS]
Calanidae Dana, 1846 [WoRMS]
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1849-1852) [WoRMS]
Candaciidae Giesbrecht, 1892-1893 [WoRMS]
Caprellidae Leach, 1814 [WoRMS]
Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813) [WoRMS]
Cavoliniidae J. E. Gray, 1850 (1815) [WoRMS]
Centropagidae Giesbrecht, 1892 [WoRMS]
Cephalopoda [WoRMS]
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]
Cnidaria [WoRMS]
Collodaria [WoRMS]
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Corycaeidae Dana, 1846 [WoRMS]
Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828) [WoRMS]
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Ctenophora [WoRMS]
Cyanobacteria [WoRMS]
Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 [WoRMS]
Doliolida [WoRMS]
Echinodermata [WoRMS]
Echinoidea [WoRMS]
Eucalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893 [WoRMS]
Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893 [WoRMS]
Eumalacostraca [WoRMS]
Euphausiacea [WoRMS]
Foraminifera [WoRMS]
Gammaridae Latreille, 1802 [WoRMS]
Globorotaliidae Cushman, 1927 [WoRMS]
Gymnosomata [WoRMS]
Halobates Eschscholtz, 1822 [WoRMS]
Harpacticoida [WoRMS]
Heterorhabdidae Sars G.O., 1902 [WoRMS]
Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853 [WoRMS]
Hydrozoa [WoRMS]
Hyperiidea [WoRMS]
Insecta [WoRMS]
Isopoda [WoRMS]
Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903 [WoRMS]
Leptothecata [WoRMS]
Limacinidae J. E. Gray, 1840 [WoRMS]
Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902 [WoRMS]
Mollusca [WoRMS]
Monstrilloida [WoRMS]
Nudibranchia [WoRMS]
Oikopleuridae Lohmann, 1915 [WoRMS]
Oithonidae Dana, 1853-1855 [WoRMS]
Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 [WoRMS]
Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]
Orbulina d'Orbigny, 1839 [WoRMS]
Ostracoda [WoRMS]
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
Physonectae [WoRMS]
Podon Lilljeborg, 1853 [WoRMS]
Pontellidae Dana, 1852-1853 [WoRMS]
Pontellina plumata Dana, 1849-1852 [WoRMS]
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 [WoRMS]
Porpita Lamarck, 1801 [WoRMS]
Porpitidae Goldfuss, 1818 [WoRMS]
Pyrocystaceae (Schütt, 1896) Lemmermann, 1899 [WoRMS]
Salpida [WoRMS]
Salpidae Lahille, 1888 [WoRMS]
Scyphozoa [WoRMS]
Sergestidae Dana, 1852 [WoRMS]
Siphonophorae [WoRMS]
Siphonostomatoida [WoRMS]
Spumellaria [WoRMS]
Squillidae Latreille, 1802 [WoRMS]
Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893 [WoRMS]
Thaliacea [WoRMS]
Velella Lamarck, 1801 [WoRMS]
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Dataset information: Other: Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2025-12-03
Metadatarecord created: 2025-12-05
Information last updated: 2026-04-27
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