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v2026-m08
All Marine Fauna + Flora combo of the ICES-NATL-open-ocean

[   ICES-NATL-open-ocean   ]
[   Baltic Sea   ]
[   Mediterranean Sea   ]
[   ICES-NATL-West-open-ocean   ]
[   US-NE-LME   ]
[   CA-Scotian   ]
[   CA-GSL   ]
[   CA-Newfoundland-shelf   ]
[   ICES-NATL-East-open-ocean   ]
[   East-Greenland   ]
[   East-Greenland   ]
[   East-Greenland   ]
[   East-Greenland   ]
[   Celtic-Seas   ]
[   Celtic-Seas   ]
[   Iberian-Shelf   ]
Data Access
Links Table
The data files linked below are all-taxa Reference Compilations.

If you only want data from a single taxa group (e.g., only copepods or diatoms or dolphins),
follow the taxa group links found in the main MZGdb map interface pages.

The "All Invertebrates" files contain data from all of the zooplankton (crustacean+non-crustacean) and benthic taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Vertebrates" files contain data from all of the fish and megafauna taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Microbes + Protists" files contain data from all of the phytoplankton (microbes and protists) taxa groups and subgroups.
The "All Marine Fauna + Flora Combo" files contain all data from the All Invertebrates, All Vertebrates, All Microbes + Protists combined files.

The "World (All-World-Oceans)" geographic region includes data from all of the other ocean and seas sub-regions.

The "Mode-A" files contain species-only barcodes for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-B" files contain species-only barcodes sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.
The "Mode-C" files contain genus and/or species sequences for species found in the current ocean, but those sequences may come from any other ocean.
The "Mode-D" files contain genus and/or species sequences sampled only in the current ocean for species found in the current ocean.

The entire MZGdb database is therefore available via the "All Plankton Combo (All-World-Oceans) Mode-A" data files.

MZGdb DATA FILES

Database-Version:   v2026-m08		 Mode-A

COI barcodes = 270848
12s barcodes = 18358
16s barcodes = 48063
18s barcodes = 19244
28s barcodes = 12612
Mode-B

COI barcodes = 30466
12s barcodes = 551
16s barcodes = 2455
18s barcodes = 1007
28s barcodes = 1221
Mode-C

COI barcodes = 389717
12s barcodes = 23009
16s barcodes = 259728
18s barcodes = 44577
28s barcodes = 26394
Mode-D

COI barcodes = 36187
12s barcodes = 561
16s barcodes = 4733
18s barcodes = 1432
28s barcodes = 1939
FASTA file (*.fasta) MZGdb fasta (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb fasta (mode-B)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from specific ocean (mode-B) 		MZGdb fasta (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb fasta (mode-D)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from specific ocean (mode-D)
Mothur-formatted
Taxonomic Hierarchy file (*.txt)

Paired with fasta file above		 MZGdb Mothur (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-B)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from specific ocean (mode-B) 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb Mothur (mode-D)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from specific ocean (mode-D)
DADA2 file (*.fastq)

Single "fasta+taxa" DATA2 fastq file		 MZGdb DADA2 (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-B)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from specific ocean (mode-B) 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb DADA2 (mode-D)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from specific ocean (mode-D)
MZGdb v3.0

"full format"

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Format Description		CSV

Excel-friendly full format
comma-separated-values		 MZGdb CSV (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb CSV (mode-B)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from specific ocean (mode-B) 		MZGdb CSV (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb CSV (mode-D)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from specific ocean (mode-D)
PSV

pipe-separated-values		 MZGdb PSV (mode-A)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from ANY ocean (mode-A) 		MZGdb PSV (mode-B)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

True "barcode" (species-only) data
from specific ocean (mode-B) 		MZGdb PSV (mode-C)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from ANY ocean (mode-C) 		MZGdb PSV (mode-D)
COI | 12S | 16S | 18S | 28S

Genus-spp and species data
from specific ocean (mode-D)











Fri Aug 7 12:17:13 PM EDT 2026