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WOD code table: t_30_biological_group

code_name Plankton Crouping Codes
units WOD code table
1000000 BACTERIA
1050000 Cyanobacteria
2000000 PHYTOPLANKTON
2030000 Amoebida
2040000 Granuloreticulosa (Foraminifera)
2070000 Dinomastigota (Dinoflagellata)
2080000 Ciliophora (ciliates)
2100000 Haptomonada (Coccolithophorids)
2110000 Cryptomonada (Chrytophyta)
2120000 Discomitochondria
2130000 Chrysomonada (Chrysophyta)
2160000 Diatoms (Bacillariophyta)
2270000 Actinopoda (amoeba)
2280000 Chlorophyta (green algae)
2300000 Ebriida
4000000 ZOOPLANKTON
4020000 Porifera (sponges)
4030000 Cnidaria (coelenterates)
4032000 Hydrozoa
4036000 Stauromedusae
4038000 Antipatharia
4040000 Ctenophora (comb jellies)
4050000 Platyhelminthes (flat worms)
4090000 Nemertina (ribbon worms)
4100000 Nematoda (round worms)
4130000 Rotifera (rotifers)
4180000 Entoprocta
4190000 Arthropoda: Chelicerata
4200000 Arthropoda: Mandibulata ('insects')
4210000 Arthropoda: Crustacea
4211000 Crustacea: Ostracoda
4212000 Crustacea: Copepoda
4213000 Crustacea: Cirripedia (barnacles)
4214000 Crustacea: Mysidacea
4216000 Crustacea: Isopoda
4217000 Crustacea: Amphipoda
4218000 Crustacea: Euphausiacea
4219000 Crustacea: Decapoda
4220000 Annelida (segmented worms)
4230000 Sipuncula
4250000 Pogonophora (bearded tube worms)
4260000 Mollusca
4262500 Mollusca: Gastropoda (snails & slugs)
4265000 Mollusca: Bivalvia (bivalve molluscs)
4266000 Mollusca: Scaphopoda (tusk or tooth shells)
4267500 Mollusca: Cephalopoda
4270000 Tardigrada (water bears)
4290000 Bryozoa (byrozoans)
4300000 Brachiopoda (lamp shells)
4310000 Phoronida
4320000 Chaetognatha (arrow worms)
4330000 Hemichordata
4340000 Echinodermata
4350000 Urochordata
4352500 Urochordata: Ascidiacea (sea squirts)
4355000 Urochordata: Thaliacea (salps & doliolids)
4357500 Urochordata: Larvacea/Appendicularia
4360000 Cephalochordata/Leptocardia
5000000 ICHTHYOPLANKTON
400 All Biomass Types (excluding ichthyoplankton)
401 Total Displacement Volume (excluding ichthyoplankton)
402 Total Settled Volume (excluding ichthyoplankton)
403 Total Wet Weight (excluding ichthyoplankton)
404 Total Dry Weight (excluding ichthyoplankton)
405 Total Ashfree Dry Weight (excluding ichthyoplankton)
500 All Ichthyoplankton Biomass Types
501 Ichthyoplankton Displacement Volume
503 Ichthyoplankton Wet Weight