Source: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/forum/discussion/view/202432/eionet-vs-pesi-vs-eunis
Timestamp: 2019-12-12 03:45:07
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EIONET vs PESI vs EUNIS : INSPIRE Community Forum
By Iurie MAXIM 540 days ago | 20.06.2018
While implementing Species Distribution Data Theme based on article 17 Habitats Directive reporting data, about 15% of the species were not found with their current article 17 assessment name in PESI and/or EUNIS.
a) They were not found at all in PESI or b) the current article 17 assessment name is considered a synonym of another species name in PESI or c) in PESI is found the name of the species that were used in the previous article 17 assessment (2012) or d) other cases
Therefore there are several questions for ensuring data interoperability and I will provide one example from the table bellow.
1. Which URL should be used for Maculinea teleius ?
- that of the PESI species name Phengaris teleius that is considered the valid PESI name of the Maculinea teleius generic synonym http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:441077
- or that of EUNIS Maculinea teleius valid species name http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/238
- or that of EIONET dictionary that is used in article 17 Habitats Directive assesment http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabularyconcept/art17_2018/HDspecies/1059
Same question for all 15 cases.
All valid species name are linked to their corresponding EIONET/PESI/EUNIS URLs, so clicking on the name would open the corresponding link.
Case N2000 code Species STATUS No species in RO affected
EIONET PESI EUNIS
1. Species that in PESI are synonyms of the species names used in art. 17 Habitats Directive assesment
1A 1059 Maculinea teleius valid generic synonym valid 2
6177 Phengaris teleius not present valid synonym
1B 2120 Thlaspi jankae valid homotypic synonym valid 4
- Noccaea jankae not present valid not present
1C 4028 Catopta thrips valid generic synonym synonym 2
- Paracossulus thrips not present valid valid
2. Species that are not present in PESI with the species names used in art. 17 HD assesment, but as a EUNIS synonym
2 4032 Dioszeghyana schmidtii valid not present synonym 3
- Dioszeghyana schmidti not present valid valid
3. Speciespresent in Euro+Med Plant base but that are not present in PESI (Genus Pulsatilla)
3A 2093 Pulsatilla grandis valid not present synonym 1
- Pulsatilla vulgaris subsp. grandis not present not present valid
3B 4110 Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. hungarica valid not present valid 1
- Pulsatilla pratensis not present not present valid
4. Species, other than non vascular plants that are not present in PESI, but are valid names in EUNIS
4 5194 Elaphe sauromates valid not present valid 8
5. Art. 17 former species names are the valid ones in PESI, while the new art. 17 names are not present in PESI.
5A 6927 Himantoglossum jankae valid not present not present 2
2327 Himantoglossum caprinum not present valid valid
5B 6976 Pelophylax esculentus valid not present synonym 2
1210 Rana esculenta not present valid valid
5C 6091 Zamenis longissimus valid not present valid 2
1281 Elaphe longissima not present valid valid
5D 6997 Bufotes viridis valid not present not present 1
1201 Bufo viridis not present valid synonym
- Pseudepidalea viridis not present not present valid
5E 6948 Pontechium maculatum subsp. maculatum valid not present not present 1
- Pontechium maculatum not present valid not present
4067 Echium russicum not present homotypic synonym valid
6. Non vascular plants are not present in PESI
6 1389 Meesia longiseta valid not present valid 8
7. Art. 17 assesment species names that are a combination of two or more than two species
7A 6964 Barbus meridionalis all others valid not present not present 2
7B 6963 Cobitis taenia Complex valid not present not present 2
Total number of species affected in Romania: 41 out of 262 species.
1A According to PESI the genus Maculinea is a generic synonim of genus Phengaris (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:441077). In EUNIS Maculinea telesius (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/238) is the valid species name, while 6177-Phengaris teleius (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/316696) is a synonym of 1059-Maculinea telesius. PESI considers Phengaris teleius as the valid species name, while EUNIS and eionet vocabulary (http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/art17_2018/HDspecies/1059) considers Maculinea teleius as the valid species name. In PESI there is no GUID for Maculinea teleius.
1B According to PESI the species Thlaspi jankae (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=E382AB6F-E9B3-46C8-A317-7B7B2B13434B) is a synonim of the Noccaea jankae (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=3BCF118A-D8E6-4BBF-A9E1-D08D083D9ADA). In PESI both species names have separate GUIDs.
1C According to PESI the genus Catopta is a generic synonim of genus Paracossulus (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:439932). In EUNIS Paracossulus thrips (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/316627) is the valid species name, while 4028-Catopta thrips (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/196451) is a synonym of Paracossulus thrips. Both PESI and EUNIS considers Paracossulus thrips as the valid species name, while in eionet vocabulary the species Catopta thrips is considered the valid species name (http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabularyconcept/art17_2018/HDspecies/4028). In PESI there is no GUID for Catopta thrips.
2. Species that are not present in PESI with the species names used in art. 17 Habitats Directive assesment, but as a EUNIS synonym species name
2 One i instead of two i or s intead z. According to EUNIS Dioszeghyana schmidtii (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/Dioszeghyana%20schmidtii) is synonim with D. schmidti that is the valid name for both EUNIS & PESI (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/310611).
3A The species are not present in PESI even if they are present in Euro+Med Plant base, that is source for PESI. The EIONET dictionary species name is a synonym according to EUNIS that list another species name as beeing the valid one.
3B The species are not present in PESI even if they are present in Euro+Med Plant base, that is source for PESI. Euro+Med plant base is listing Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. hungarica as a synonim of Pulsatilla pratensis, but EUNIS considers separate species (http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Pulsatilla%20pratensis%20subsp.%20hungarica&PTRefFk=7500000).
4 The species are not present in PESI. Elaphe sauromates is former Elaphe quatrolineata sauromates. In PESI is listed only the species Elaphe quatrolineata. No subspecies are listed in PESI for genus Elaphe.
5A In art. 17 reporting Himantoglossum caprinum is the former species name of the Himantoglossum jankae. EIONET is listing Himantoglossum jankae as the valid species name. But according to PESI (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=06AE4E42-B48C-4A14-A544-93265414F1B1) and EUNIS (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/189938) the former species name, namely Himantoglossum caprinum, is the valid species name. Both PESI and EUNIS does not have any record for Himantoglossum jankae.
5B In art. 17 reporting Rana esculenta is the former species name of the Pelophylax esculentus. EIONET is listing Pelophylax esculentus as the valid species name. But according to PESI (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:177908) and EUNIS (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/779) the former species name, namely Rana esculenta, is the valid species name. PESI does not have any record for Pelophylax esculentus while in EUNIS is a synonym for Rana esculenta (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/316363).
5C In art. 17 reporting Elaphe longissima is the former species name of the Zamenis longissimus. EIONET is listing Himantoglossum jankae as the valid species name. But according to PESI (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:214740) the former species name, namely Elaphe longissima, is the valid species name. However, both species, Zamenis longissimus (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/316299) & Elaphe longissima (http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/674) are considered valid in EUNIS.
5D In art. 17 reporting Bufo viridis is the former species name of the Bufotes viridis. But according to PESI (http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:177880) the former species name, namely Rana esculenta, is the valid species name. However EIONET is listing Bufotes viridis as the valid species name. According to EUNIS Bufo viridis is not a valid species name, beeing a synonym of Pseudepidalea viridis (https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/640). Both PESI and EUNIS does not have any record for Bufotes viridis.
5E In art. 17 reporting Echium russicum is the former species name of the Pontechium maculatum subsp. maculatum. According to PESI Echium russicum is synonim of Pontechium maculatum. No subspecies are listed in PESI for genus Potechium. There are no records in EUNIS for the genus Potentechium while Echium russicum is considered the valid name.
6 Non vascular plants are not present in PESI
7A Barbus meridionalis was split into 7 species. Out of these only B. balcanicus (5261), B. petenyi (no code) & B. carpathicus (5264) are present in Romania and should be reported as ”Barbus meridionalis all other”. The assesment species name is not a species name and therefore is not present in PESI and EUNIS but only in EIONET vocabulary.
7B Cobitis taenia was split in 22 species. Out of these C. elongatoides, C. strumicae & C. tanaitica that are present in Romania should be reported as ”Cobitis taenia Complex”. The assesment species name is not a species name and therefore is not present in PESI and EUNIS but only in EIONET vocabulary.
For ensuring data harmonisation in INSPIRE it would be useful that at least the EUNIS to be updated in order to reflect the EIONET vocabulary.
It would be good as well to change the recommendation 7 of the D2.8.III.19 Data Specification on Species distribution – Technical https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/id/document/tg/sd that states
<<EU-Nomen is the preferred reference list to be used. If a taxon is listed in EU-Nomen, this reference must be used as first choice. If it is not listed in EU-Nomen, the second choice is EUNIS, if not in EUNIS, Natura2000 can be used.>>
At least for article 17 Habitats Directive species distribution data, the EIONET vocabulary should be prefered.