Edaphobase includes data from literature, collection as well as observational (raw data) sources on currently nine taxonomic major groups.
Which specific data the database contains for which animal group can be found in the Edaphobase Query Portal by clicking the button “show statistics of data selection” next to the “show data table” button.
An overview of the data coverage for the major taxonomic groups and their data sources is given in the following.
| Tiergruppe | Datenquellen | darin vorkommende Taxa | darin vorkommende Fundorte | erfasste Datensätze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumbricidae (Literatur) | 135 | 95 | 807 | 9.389 |
| Lumbricidae (Sammlung) | 648 | 74 | 451 | 651 |
| Lumbricidae (Rohdaten) | 19 | 58 | 478 | 10.021 |
| Lumbricidae (Gesamt) | 802 | 150 | 1.709 | 20.061 |
| Enchytraeidae (Literatur) | 31 | 125 | 128 | 4.309 |
| Enchytraeidae (Sammlung) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchytraeidae (Rohdaten) | 7 | 126 | 87 | 8051 |
| Enchytraeidae (Gesamt) | 39 | 156 | 236 | 12.361 |
| Nematoda (Literatur) | 216 | 1.311 | 712 | 36.718 |
| Nematoda (Sammlung) | 1.630 | 506 | 1.120 | 1.630 |
| Nematoda (Rohdaten) | 1 | 145 | 55 | 1.982 |
| Nematoda (Gesamt) | 1.846 | 1.706 | 1.830 | 38.348 |
| Collembola (Literatur) | 246 | 1.225 | 1.537 | 80.809 |
| Collembola (Sammlung) | 8.492 | 565 | 840 | 11.885 |
| Collembola (Rohdaten) | 17 | 273 | 346 | 12.331 |
| Collembola (Gesamt) | 8.755 | 1406 | 2.691 | 105.025 |
| Oribatida (Literatur) | 16 | 417 | 198 | 7.629 |
| Oribatida (Sammlung) | 23.718 | 1.392 | 1.323 | 25.382 |
| Oribatida (Rohdaten) | 6 | 274 | 59 | 11.202 |
| Oribatida (Gesamt) | 23.740 | 1.519 | 1.578 | 44.213 |
| Gamasina (Literatur) | 91 | 972 | 548 | 10.137 |
| Gamasina (Sammlung) | 10.195 | 888 | 2.101 | 10.195 |
| Gamasina (Gesamt) | 10.286 | 1.493 | 2.642 | 20.332 |
| Chilopoda (Literatur) | 1.403 | 1.611 | 1.650 | 14.890 |
| Chilopoda (Sammlung) | 25.927 | 752 | 5.165 | 26.759 |
| Chilopoda (Rohdaten) | 12 | 34 | 54 | 798 |
| Chilopoda (Gesamt) | 27.342 | 2008 | 6.827 | 42.447 |
| Diplopoda (Literatur) | 1.703 | 2.002 | 3.052 | 21.980 |
| Diplopoda (Sammlung) | 48.374 | 2.479 | 8.383 | 50.186 |
| Diplopoda (Rohdaten) | 13 | 60 | 125 | 1.848 |
| Diplopoda (Gesamt) | 50.090 | 3.744 | 11.331 | 74.014 |
| Isopoda (Literatur) | 273 | 84 | 1.309 | 5.772 |
| Isopoda (Sammlung) | 5.219 | 6058 | 1.824 | 5.219 |
| Isopoda (Rohdaten) | 4 | 18 | 28 | 550 |
| Isopoda (Gesamt) | 5.496 | 94 | 2.845 | 11.541 |
| Other (Literatur) | 127 | 242 | 263 | 985 |
| Other (Sammlung) | 5.563 | 858 | 1.708 | 5.563 |
| Other (Rohdaten) | 2 | 102 | 20 | 2544 |
| Other (Gesamt) | 5.692 | 1.154 | 1.976 | 9.092 |
| Gesamt | 132.841 | 13.430 | 27.291 | 377.434 |