Parameter: scientificNameID

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 taxon_code
Short Description:
 taxon_code
Official Name:
 taxon_code
No Data Value:
Description:
 

taxonomic group or entity code, such as the ten digit number from the NODC Taxonomic List, v. 8.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
scientificNameID
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Machine-readable Life Science Identifier (LSID) containing the AphiaID from World Register of Marine Species at the lowest level that matches the data provider name. This corresponds to Darwin Core term http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameID