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:
Dataset | PI-Supplied Description | PI-Supplied Name |
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Megafauna counts by taxon in images collected during three surveys (December 25, 2019, April 7 and 9, 2021) with deep-submergence vehicles at inactive sulfide mounds on the East Pacific Rise. | original identification/determination of morphotype (corresponding to Final_Morphotype_ID in supplemental files.) | verbatimIdentification |
Data from minnow traps placed across landscape fragmentation per se treatments in June, July, and August 2019 in Back Sound, NC to accompany scallop density surveys | Scientific name of fauna species | Sci_name |
Data from minnow traps deployed to accompany scallop survival assays conducted as part of a larger concurrent study with Artificial Seagrass Units (ASU) in NC from July to September 2018 | Scientific name of fauna species (See supplemental file 'Species List' for more details of this name including the matched taxonomic identifier) | Sci_name |