Parameter: verbatim identification

Short Description:

verbatim identification

Short Name:

verbatimIdentification

Official Name:

verbatimIdentification

External Identifier:

» skos:exactMatch http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimIdentification

Description

A string representing the taxonomic identification as it appeared in the original record. This term is meant to allow the capture of an unaltered original identification/determination, including identification qualifiers, hybrid formulas, uncertainties, etc. This term when used in the DarwinCore standard (dwc:verbatimIdentification) is meant to be used in addition to dwc:scientificName (and dwc:identificationQualifier etc.), not instead of it.

Examples:

"Peromyscus sp."
"Hexactinellida, white leaf-shaped"
"Ministrymon sp. nov. 1"
"Anser anser × Branta canadensis"
"Pachyporidae?"
"Potentilla × pantotricha Soják"
"Aconitum pilipes × A. variegatum"

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
Diver-collected jellies RHB-0603	Diver-collected jellies from S.W. North Atlantic	CMarZ_2004-2010	animal_group
Megafauna counts by taxon in image surveys at inactive sulfides on the East Pacific Rise		Inactive Sulfides	verbatimIdentification
Scallop Density Survey - Trap CPUE		Habitat Fragmentation	Sci_name
Scallop Survival Assays - Trap CPUE		Habitat Fragmentation	Sci_name

Programs associated with this parameter

None

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Parameter: verbatim identification