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Ocean Biodiversity Information System

online marine biology database
Place Online Database Q2013373

Facts

6 properties

Identity

Instance of
online database, biological database, global species database, geographic information system[2][3][4]
Official website
obis.org, www.iobis.org[5][6]
More facts +4
Short name
OBIS[13]
Main Wikidata property
P6754[12]
Sponsor
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Science Foundation, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Flanders Marine Institute, European Commission[7][8][9][10][11]
Uses
Darwin Core[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en OBIS en Ocean Biodiversity Information System en Ocean Biogeographic Information System ar نظام معلومات المحيطات البيئية de OBIS de Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) ja 海洋生物多様性情報システム ja オーシャン・バイオジオグラフィック・インフォメーション・システム ja オーシャン・バイオダイヴァーシティ・インフォメーション・システム ja オーシャン・バイオダイバーシティ・インフォメーション・システム zh 海洋生物地理信息系统 zh 海洋生物地理资讯系统 zh 海洋生物多样性信息系统 zh 海洋生物多样性资讯系统 zh-hans 海洋生物地理信息系统 zh-hant 海洋生物地理信息系統 zh-hant 海洋生物地理資訊系統 zh-hant 海洋生物多樣性信息系統 zh-hant 海洋生物多樣性資訊系統
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Obis-June 2004.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Ocean-Biogeographic-Information-System
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bc5htpds
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776048852

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🔗 Connections
Sponsor 5
European Commission, National Science Foundation, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Flanders Marine Institute
Instance of 3
geographic information system, biological database, online database
Owned entities 1
Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Uses 1
Darwin Core
← Uses 1
Census of Marine Life
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Summary

Ocean Biodiversity Information System is an online database[1].

Related Entities

Flanders Marine Institute geographic information system National Science Foundation

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Ocean Biodiversity Information System. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Ocean Biodiversity Information System. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Ocean Biodiversity Information System. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ocean-biodiversity-information-system_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ocean Biodiversity Information System}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ocean-biodiversity-information-system}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
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  1. 23w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main Wikidata property → P6754
    Uses → Darwin Core
    Instance of → online database, biological database, global species database +1
    Official website → https://obis.org/, http://www.iobis.org/
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim rank: Official website: https://obis.org/, remove unnecessary use of preferred rank #msynbotTask13"
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