Plankton community sampled during the Tara Europa expedition with a Régent net (680µm) and analysed with a ZooScan

Sampling event
Latest version published by EcoTaxa on Jul 10, 2026 EcoTaxa

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Description

The Tara EUROPA expedition (April 2023 – July 2024) sampled plankton – from microplankton (20 µm) to macroplankton (a few centimeters) along European coasts. Meso- and macroplankton were sampled using a 680 µm Régent net yielding F680 samples for ZooScan analysis. Images were acquired, processed and identified at the Quantitative Imaging Platform of Villefranche (PIQv).

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 177 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
177
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
9660
Occurrence 
3957

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Vilain M, Bancel V, Atienzar M, Tenaille M, Berrenger H, Merland C, Jeabert L, Bun O, Bourhis A, Caray--Counil L, Motreuil S, Altukhov D, Guillam M, Jalabert L, Brandão M, Irisson J, Lombard F, The Tara Europa Consortium (2026). Plankton community sampled during the Tara Europa expedition with a Régent net (680µm) and analysed with a ZooScan. Version 1.2. EcoTaxa. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-europa-regent-680-zooscan&v=1.2

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is EcoTaxa. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 5ec3f825-f48b-4e1c-9603-cb899e6eb96c.  EcoTaxa publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF France.

Keywords

Plankton; Imaging; EcoTaxa; Samplingevent

Contacts

Marion Vilain
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Victoria Bancel
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Mathieu Atienzar
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Melissa Tenaille
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Hugo Berrenger
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Camille Merland
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Lisa Jeabert
  • Originator
CNRS (Sorbonne University)
FR
Olivier Bun
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Anthéa Bourhis
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Louis Caray--Counil
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Solène Motreuil
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Denys Altukhov
  • Originator
Morgane Guillam
  • Originator
Roscoff Biological Station (SBR)
FR
Laetitia Jalabert
  • Originator
Sea Institute of Villefranche sur Mer (IMEV)
FR
Manoela Brandão
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Jean-Olivier Irisson
  • Originator
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
Fabien Lombard
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche sur Mer (LOV)
FR
The Tara Europa Consortium

Geographic Coverage

See coordinates

Bounding Coordinates South West [36.335, -9.342], North East [60.396, 25.321]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Harosa
Phylum Annelida, Bryozoa, Chaetognatha, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Hemichordata, Mollusca, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Appendicularia, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Copepoda, Echinoidea, Enteropneusta, Hydrozoa, Ophiuroidea, Ostracoda, Scyphozoa, Thaliacea
Subclass Cirripedia, Eumalacostraca, Insecta, Phaeodaria
Superorder Diplostraca
Order Actiniaria, Amphipoda, Calanoida, Cumacea, Cyclopoida, Decapoda, Doliolida, Euphausiacea, Harpacticoida, Isopoda, Leptothecata, Littorinimorpha, Monstrilloida, Mysida, Salpida, Siphonophorae, Stomatopoda
Suborder Gymnosomata, Physonectae, Senticaudata
Infraorder Achelata, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura
Family Abylidae, Acartiidae, Alpheidae, Calanidae, Caligidae, Candaciidae, Cavoliniidae, Centropagidae, Corycaeidae, Creseidae, Daphniidae, Diphyidae, Eucalanidae, Euchaetidae, Fritillariidae, Galatheidae, Globigerinidae, Gnathiidae, Heterorhabdidae, Hippopodiidae, Hyperiidae, Limacinidae, Luciferidae, Metridinidae, Mysidae, Oikopleuridae, Oithonidae, Oncaeidae, Paguridae, Palaemonidae, Penaeidae, Phaennidae, Pontellidae, Porcellanidae, Porpitidae, Rhincalanidae, Sapphirinidae, Sergestidae, Sertulariidae, Solenoceridae, Squillidae, Temoridae, Terebellidae, Tomopteridae
Tribe Alciopini
Genus Aglaura, Anchylomera, Atlanta, Aurelia, Bosmina, Cavolinia, Copilia, Coscinodiscus, Creseis, Diacria, Euchirella, Euphausia, Eurytemora, Euterpina, Evadne, Haloptilus, Idotea, Liriope, Neoceratium, Noctiluca, Obelia, Parapronoe, Phrosina, Platyscelus, Podon, Polyphemus, Porpita, Primno, Pseudocalanus, Pterotrachea, Scina, Stylocheiron, Thysanoessa, Tortanus, Velella, Vibilia
Species Bassia bassensis, Branchiostoma lanceolatum, Cavolinia inflexa, Cercopagis pengoi, Chelophyes appendiculata, Creseis acicula, Creseis conica, Daphnia cucullata, Eudoxoides spiralis, Evadne anonyx, Hyalocylis striata, Leptodora kindtii, Limnocalanus macrurus, Liriope tetraphylla, Orbulina universa, Pachos punctatum, Penilia avirostris, Podon intermedius, Pseudevadne tergestina, Rhopalonema velatum, Soestia zonaria, Styliola subula, Tortanus (Boreotortanus) discaudatus

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2023-04-04 / 2024-07-30

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements
Maintenance Description periodic review of origin data
Alternative Identifiers 5ec3f825-f48b-4e1c-9603-cb899e6eb96c
https://ipt.data-terra.org/resource?r=tara-europa-regent-680-zooscan