Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Also known as formerly: Ocean Biogeographic Information System · OBIS
OBIS strives to document the ocean's diversity, distribution and abundance of life. Created by the Census of Marine Life, OBIS is now part of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, under its International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://obis.org/ |
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| Subjects | Life Sciences · Natural Sciences · Biology · Geosciences (including Geography) · Zoology · Atmospheric Science and Oceanography · Evolution, Anthropology · Biochemistry and Animal Physiology · Oceanography |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |