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What exists, and how to get in.

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

Websitehttps://obis.org/
SubjectsLife Sciences · Natural Sciences · Biology · Geosciences (including Geography) · Zoology · Atmospheric Science and Oceanography · Evolution, Anthropology · Biochemistry and Animal Physiology · Oceanography
Last updated2026-09-12

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