Dataset-local class

596

A class of Phytoplankton's own vocabulary — not a WoRMS or ITIS taxon, so it has no lineage and no authority id. It is on this page because the dataset counts organisms under it. Its code in that dataset is 596.

key calcofi_phytoplankton:596

165
observations: 165
sampling events: 1
datasets

Observed in

Phytoplankton 165 obs · 165 events
no name in this dataset · code 596 code only

One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Groups

calcofi_phytoplankton:undefined_code_not_in_source_definitions_q05_

Ways in

Explorera dataset-local class the Explorer does not key by; the organism picker opens on its dataset
https://calcofi.io/explore/
db-querySQL in your browser — the shell opens with this query
https://calcofi.io/db-query/?sql=SELECT+%2A+FROM+__TBL%3Aobs_bio__+WHERE+taxon_key+%3D+%27calcofi_phytoplankton%3A596%27+LIMIT+100%3B
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Phytoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/calcofi_phytoplankton.html?&taxon_key=%22calcofi_phytoplankton:596%22

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "calcofi_phytoplankton:596")

Python

import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'calcofi_phytoplankton:596'").df()

This page as data

JSONthis taxon's entry of the release record, verbatim
https://calcofi.io/species/calcofi_phytoplankton-596.json

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.06, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.