OBIS Marine Species Occurrence Scraper
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OBIS Marine Species Occurrence Scraper
Extract marine species occurrence records from OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System). Filter by scientific name, country, basis of record, and date range. Outputs taxonomy, geolocation, depth, and dataset attribution for 178M+ ocean observations.
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Extract marine species occurrence records from OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System) — a global, open-access dataset of 178 million+ ocean observations curated by an international research consortium under UNESCO.
What it does
Calls the OBIS v3 occurrence API and yields one normalized record per occurrence. Filter by scientific name, country, basis of record, and event date range.
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
scientificName | Latin binomial (e.g. Carcharodon carcharias) |
kingdom/phylum/class/order/family/genus/species | Linnean taxonomy |
eventDate | When the organism was observed |
decimalLatitude / decimalLongitude | Sampling location |
country | ISO country (3-letter) |
waterBody | Ocean / sea name |
depth | Sampling depth in meters |
basisOfRecord | HumanObservation, MachineObservation, PreservedSpecimen, ... |
individualCount | Specimens observed |
datasetName | Source contributor |
recordedBy | Observer / collector |
license | Data license |
Input
All fields are optional — leave empty to sample the entire global dataset.
{"scientificName": "Carcharodon carcharias","country": "USA","basisOfRecord": "HumanObservation","startDate": "2020-01-01","endDate": "2024-12-31","maxResults": 500}
Pricing
Pay-per-result at $0.003/record. Apify compute is billed separately by the platform.
Legal
OBIS data is published under open licenses (typically CC0 / CC-BY). Cite OBIS and the originating dataset when re-using. This Actor only fetches publicly-available data — no authentication is bypassed.