Parameter: scientificName

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

taxonomic group or entity. This may be a family, class, genus, species, etc.; usually this parameter will contain a mixture of taxonomic entities.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
scientificName
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Name from World Register of Marine Species at the lowest level that matches the Lowest_level_taxon_name_or_morphotype. Darwin Core term http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName