A Review of Biotic Interactions and Taxon Names Found in globalbioticinteractions/msb-para hash://md5/28d95d142b371b660afba7b3384d051e

by Nomer, Elton and Preston, three naive review bots

[email protected]

https://globalbioticinteractions.org/contribute

https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/msb-para/issues

2025-03-30

Abstract

Life on Earth is sustained by complex interactions between organisms and their environment. These biotic interactions can be captured in datasets and published digitally. We present a review process of such an openly accessible digital interactions dataset of known origin, and discuss its outcome. The dataset under review, named globalbioticinteractions/msb-para, has fingerprint hash://md5/28d95d142b371b660afba7b3384d051e, is 4.66GiB in size and contains 57,433 interaction with 4 unique types of associations (e.g., parasiteOf) between 970 primary taxa (e.g., Acari) and 6,749 associated taxon (e.g., Alopex lagopus). The report includes detailed summaries of interactions data as well as a taxonomic review from multiple catalogs.

Introduction

Data Review

Data review can be a time consuming process, especially when done manually. This review report aims to help facilitate data review of species interaction claims made in datasets registered with Global Biotic Interactions (Poelen, Simons, and Mungall 2014). The review includes summary statistics of, and observations about, the dataset under review:

MSB Parasite Collection (Arctos) https://ipt.vertnet.org/archive.do?r=msb_para 2025-03-29T03:13:40.299Z hash://md5/28d95d142b371b660afba7b3384d051e

For additional metadata related to this dataset, please visit https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/msb-para and inspect associated metadata files including, but not limited to, README.md, eml.xml, and/or globi.json.

Methods

The review is performed through programmatic scripts that leverage tools like Preston (Elliott et al. 2025), Elton (Kuhn, Poelen, and Leinweber 2025), Nomer (Salim and Poelen 2025) combined with third-party tools like grep, mlr, tail and head.

Tools used in this review process
tool name version
preston 0.10.1
elton 0.15.9
nomer 0.5.13
mlr 6.0.0
jq 1.6
yq 4.25.3
pandoc 3.1.6.1

The review process can be described in the form of the script below 1.

# get versioned copy of the dataset (size approx. 4.66GiB) under review 
elton pull globalbioticinteractions/msb-para

# generate review notes
elton review globalbioticinteractions/msb-para\
 > review.tsv

# export indexed interaction records
elton interactions globalbioticinteractions/msb-para\
 > interactions.tsv

# export names and align them with the Catalogue of Life using Nomer 
elton names globalbioticinteractions/msb-para\
 | nomer append col\
 > name-alignment.tsv

or visually, in a process diagram.

review origin dataset origin elton Elton (a naive review bot) elton->origin pull (1) interactions indexed interactions elton->interactions generates (2) alignment name alignments nomer Nomer (a naive review bot) nomer->interactions extract names (3) nomer->alignment generates (5) catalog name catalog nomer->catalog uses (4)

You can find a recent copy of the full review script at check-data.sh.

Results

In the following sections, the results of the review are summarized 2. Then, links to the detailed review reports are provided.

Biotic Interactions

model primaryTaxon Primary Taxon associatedTaxon Associated Taxon primaryOrganism Primary Organism primaryOrganism->primaryTaxon classifiedAs associatedOrganism Associated Organism primaryOrganism->associatedOrganism interactsWith associatedOrganism->associatedTaxon classifiedAs

In this review, biotic interactions (or biotic associations) are modeled as a primary (aka subject, source) organism interacting with an associate (aka object, target) organism. The dataset under review classified the primary/associate organisms with specific taxa. The primary and associate organisms The kind of interaction is documented as an interaction type.

The dataset under review, named globalbioticinteractions/msb-para, has fingerprint hash://md5/28d95d142b371b660afba7b3384d051e, is 4.66GiB in size and contains 57,433 interaction with 4 unique types of associations (e.g., parasiteOf) between 970 primary taxa (e.g., Acari) and 6,749 associated taxon (e.g., Alopex lagopus).

An exhaustive list of indexed interaction claims can be found in csv and tsv archives. To facilitate discovery, the first 500 claims available on the html page at indexed-interactions.html are shown below.

The exhaustive list was used to create the following data summaries below.

Sample of Indexed Interaction Claims
sourceTaxonName interactionTypeName targetTaxonName referenceCitation
Acari parasiteOf Peromyscus maniculatus http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Para:39320
Siphonaptera parasiteOf Cynomys gunnisoni http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Para:39328
Siphonaptera parasiteOf Tamias quadrivittatus http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Para:39331
Siphonaptera parasiteOf Neotoma mexicana http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Para:39354
Most Frequently Mentioned Interaction Types (up to 20 most frequent)
interactionTypeName count
parasiteOf 53419
coOccursWith 3939
interactsWith 48
hasParasite 27
Most Frequently Mentioned Primary Taxa (up to 20 most frequent)
sourceTaxonName count
Acari 6971
Siphonaptera 5926
Cestoda 2814
Nematoda 1869
Taenia 1869
Toxascaris 1750
Phthiraptera 1735
Ixodida 1680
Echinococcus multilocularis 1532
Polyplax borealis 1485
Echinococcus 857
Arthropoda 844
Mastophorus dipodomis 787
Heteromyoxyuris deserti 726
Hoplopleura acanthopus 704
Uncinaria 685
Hoplopleura arboricola 665
Hoplopleura 657
Trematoda 566
Most Frequently Mentioned Associate Taxa (up to 20 most frequent)
targetTaxonName count
Alopex lagopus 4328
Myodes rutilus 3135
Dipodomys merriami 2631
Peromyscus maniculatus 1994
Microtus oeconomus 1960
Aythya affinis 1200
Microtus pennsylvanicus 1045
Dipodomys ordii 1026
Sorex cinereus 968
Peromyscus truei 759
Vulpes lagopus 722
Canis lupus familiaris 638
Myodes gapperi 606
Neotoma albigula 603
Peromyscus keeni 598
Dipodomys spectabilis 559
Microtus 556
Microtus longicaudus 509
Onychomys leucogaster 500
Most Frequent Interactions between Primary and Associate Taxa (up to 20 most frequent)
sourceTaxonName interactionTypeName targetTaxonName count
Taenia parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 1303
Toxascaris parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 1049
Siphonaptera parasiteOf Peromyscus maniculatus 852
Polyplax borealis parasiteOf Myodes rutilus 663
Echinococcus multilocularis parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 574
Acari parasiteOf Sorex cinereus 528
Echinococcus multilocularis parasiteOf Microtus oeconomus 514
Echinococcus parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 471
Mastophorus dipodomis parasiteOf Dipodomys merriami 440
Eimeria chobotari parasiteOf Dipodomys merriami 429
Uncinaria parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 415
Acari parasiteOf Myodes rutilus 350
Pterygodermatites dipodomis parasiteOf Dipodomys merriami 332
Acari parasiteOf Dipodomys merriami 281
Acari parasiteOf Peromyscus maniculatus 279
Heteromyoxyuris deserti parasiteOf Dipodomys ordii 274
Ascarididae parasiteOf Alopex lagopus 269
Echinococcus parasiteOf Microtus oeconomus 267
Acari parasiteOf Peromyscus keeni 265

Interaction Networks

The figures below provide a graph view on the dataset under review. The first shows a summary network on the kingdom level, and the second shows how interactions on the family level. It is important to note that both network graphs were first aligned taxonomically using the Catalogue of Life. Please refer to the original (or verbatim) taxonomic names for a more original view on the interaction data.

interactions Animalia Animalia Animalia->Animalia Animalia->Animalia Animalia->Animalia Animalia->Animalia Plantae Plantae Animalia->Plantae Fungi Fungi Animalia->Fungi Plantae->Animalia Plantae->Animalia Plantae->Plantae Chromista Chromista Chromista->Animalia Protozoa Protozoa Protozoa->Animalia
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Gloiosiphoniaceae->Anatidae Canidae Canidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Canidae Tetrabothriidae Tetrabothriidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Tetrabothriidae Muridae Muridae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Muridae Felidae Felidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Felidae Phasianidae Phasianidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Phasianidae Soricidae Soricidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Soricidae Strigidae Strigidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Strigidae Turdidae Turdidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Turdidae Passerellidae Passerellidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Passerellidae Trichostrongylidae Trichostrongylidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Trichostrongylidae Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae Gloiosiphoniaceae->Vespertilionidae Ancylostomatidae Ancylostomatidae Ancylostomatidae->Cricetidae Ascarididae Ascarididae Ancylostomatidae->Ascarididae Ancylostomatidae->Anatidae Ancylostomatidae->Canidae Castoridae Castoridae Ancylostomatidae->Castoridae Mustelidae Mustelidae Ancylostomatidae->Mustelidae Ursidae Ursidae Ancylostomatidae->Ursidae Ascarididae->Laridae Ascarididae->Stercorariidae 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Trichinellidae Trichinellidae->Cricetidae Trichinellidae->Canidae Trichinellidae->Mustelidae Trichinellidae->Ursidae Trichinellidae->Cervidae Trichinellidae->Muridae Trichinellidae->Felidae Trichinellidae->Soricidae Trichinellidae->Leporidae Trichinellidae->Odobenidae Balaenidae Balaenidae Trichinellidae->Balaenidae Trichodectidae Trichodectidae Trichodectidae->Cricetidae Trichosomoididae Trichosomoididae Trichosomoididae->Anatidae Troglotrematidae Troglotrematidae Troglotrematidae->Semisulcospiridae Trombiculidae Trombiculidae Trombiculidae->Cricetidae Trombiculidae->Sciuridae Trombidiidae Trombidiidae Trombidiidae->Cricetidae Trypanosomatidae Trypanosomatidae Trypanosomatidae->Phasianidae Trypanosomatidae->Ranidae Trypanosomatidae->Hylidae Urotrematidae Urotrematidae Dactyloidae Dactyloidae Urotrematidae->Dactyloidae Varroidae Varroidae Apidae Apidae Varroidae->Apidae

You can download the indexed dataset under review at indexed-interactions.csv. A tab-separated file can be found at indexed-interactions.tsv

Learn more about the structure of this download at GloBI website, by opening a GitHub issue, or by sending an email.

Another way to discover the dataset under review is by searching for it on the GloBI website.

Taxonomic Alignment

As part of the review, all names are aligned against various name catalogs (e.g., col, ncbi, discoverlife, gbif, itis, wfo, mdd, tpt, pbdb, and worms). These alignments can help review name usage or aid in selecting of a suitable taxonomic name resource.

Sample of Name Alignments
providedName relationName resolvedCatalogName resolvedName
A25KN NONE col A25KN
A25KT NONE col A25KT
A25KU NONE col A25KU
A25KW NONE col A25KW
Distribution of Taxonomic Ranks of Aligned Names by Catalog. Names that were not aligned with a catalog are counted as NAs. So, the total number of unaligned names for a catalog will be listed in their NA row.
resolvedCatalogName resolvedRank count
col NA 1129
col class 6
col family 67
col genus 282
col infraorder 1
col nanorder 2
col order 18
col parvorder 1
col phylum 5
col species 1124
col subclass 1
col subfamily 2
col subgenus 15
col suborder 1
col subspecies 105
col superfamily 9
col unranked 1
discoverlife NA 2749
discoverlife species 1
gbif NA 935
gbif class 6
gbif family 76
gbif genus 344
gbif order 14
gbif phylum 5
gbif species 1251
gbif subspecies 124
itis NA 1413
itis class 6
itis family 61
itis genus 240
itis order 23
itis phylum 6
itis species 899
itis subclass 5
itis subfamily 3
itis subgenus 1
itis suborder 3
itis subspecies 92
itis superfamily 3
mdd NA 2749
ncbi NA 1147
ncbi class 5
ncbi family 73
ncbi genus 311
ncbi infraorder 2
ncbi order 18
ncbi phylum 6
ncbi species 1128
ncbi subclass 5
ncbi subfamily 2
ncbi subgenus 2
ncbi suborder 4
ncbi subspecies 42
ncbi superfamily 9
pbdb NA 2042
pbdb class 6
pbdb family 24
pbdb genus 104
pbdb order 13
pbdb phylum 5
pbdb species 542
pbdb subclass 1
pbdb subfamily 1
pbdb suborder 5
pbdb subspecies 6
pbdb subtribe 1
pbdb superfamily 3
pbdb superorder 1
pbdb unranked clade 4
tpt NA 1945
tpt family 6
tpt genus 70
tpt order 1
tpt species 727
wfo NA 2739
wfo genus 10
worms NA 1693
worms class 5
worms family 65
worms genus 261
worms infraorder 1
worms order 19
worms phylum 5
worms species 676
worms subclass 4
worms subfamily 1
worms subgenus 1
worms suborder 3
worms subphylum 1
worms subspecies 6
worms superfamily 10
Name relationship types per catalog. Name relationship type “NONE” means that a name was not recognized by the associated catalog. “SAME_AS” indicates either a “HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME” or “SYNONYM_OF” name relationship type. We recognize that “SYNONYM_OF” encompasses many types of nomenclatural synonymies (ICZN 1999) (e.g., junior synonym, senior synonyms).
resolvedCatalogName relationName count
col NONE 4012
col HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 1555
col SYNONYM_OF 251
discoverlife NONE 7550
discoverlife HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 1
gbif NONE 3821
gbif HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 1819
gbif SYNONYM_OF 340
itis NONE 4309
itis HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 1271
itis SYNONYM_OF 163
mdd NONE 5304
mdd HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 394
mdd SYNONYM_OF 4
ncbi NONE 5879
ncbi SAME_AS 1550
ncbi SYNONYM_OF 132
pbdb NONE 4955
pbdb HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 691
pbdb SYNONYM_OF 80
tpt NONE 4854
tpt HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 859
tpt SYNONYM_OF 38
wfo NONE 5692
wfo SYNONYM_OF 4
wfo HAS_UNCHECKED_NAME 4
wfo HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 4
worms NONE 4615
worms HAS_ACCEPTED_NAME 987
worms SYNONYM_OF 133
List of Available Name Alignment Reports
catalog name alignment results
col associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
ncbi associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
discoverlife associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
gbif associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
itis associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
wfo associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
mdd associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
tpt associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
pbdb associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)
worms associated names alignments (first 500, full csv/tsv)

Additional Reviews

Elton, Nomer, and other tools may have difficulties interpreting existing species interaction datasets. Or, they may misbehave, or otherwise show unexpected behavior. As part of the review process, detailed review notes are kept that document possibly misbehaving, or confused, review bots. An sample of review notes associated with this review can be found below.

First few lines in the review notes.
reviewDate reviewCommentType reviewComment
2025-03-30T11:15:36Z note found unresolved reference [060980]
2025-03-30T11:15:36Z note found unresolved reference [070456]
2025-03-30T11:15:36Z note found unresolved reference [077368]
2025-03-30T11:15:36Z note found unresolved reference [077679]

In addition, you can find the most frequently occurring notes in the table below.

Most frequently occurring review notes, if any.
reviewComment count
found unresolved reference [060980] 1
found unresolved reference [070456] 1
found unresolved reference [077368] 1
found unresolved reference [077679] 1

For addition information on review notes, please have a look at the first 500 Review Notes or the download full csv or tsv archives.

GloBI Review Badge

As part of the review, a review badge is generated. This review badge can be included in webpages to indicate the review status of the dataset under review.

review review 💬 💬

Note that if the badge is green, no review notes were generated. If the badge is yellow, the review bots may need some help with interpreting the species interaction data.

GloBI Index Badge

If the dataset under review has been registered with GloBI, and has been succesfully indexed by GloBI, the GloBI Index Status Badge will turn green. This means that the dataset under review was indexed by GloBI and is available through GloBI services and derived data products.

Picture of a GloBI Index Badge

If you’d like to keep track of reviews or index status of the dataset under review, please visit [GloBI’s dataset index ^[At time of writing (2025-03-30) the version of the GloBI dataset index was available at https://globalbioticinteractions.org/datasets for badge examples.

Discussion

This review aims to provide a perspective on the dataset to aid in understanding of species interaction claims discovered. However, it is important to note that this review does not assess the quality of the dataset. Instead, it serves as an indication of the open-ness5 and FAIRness (Wilkinson et al. 2016; Trekels et al. 2023) of the dataset: to perform this review, the data was likely openly available, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The current Open-FAIR assessment is qualitative, and a more quantitative approach can be implemented with specified measurement units.

This report also showcases the reuse of machine-actionable (meta)data, something highly recommended by the FAIR Data Principles (Wilkinson et al. 2016). Making (meta)data machine-actionable enables more precise procesing by computers, enabling even naive review bots like Nomer and Elton to interpret the data effectively. This capability is crucial for not just automating the generation of reports, but also for facilitating seamless data exchanges, promoting interoperability.

Acknowledgements

We thank the many humans that created us and those who created and maintained the data, software and other intellectual resources that were used for producing this review. In addition, we are grateful for the natural resources providing the basis for these human and bot activities. Also, thanks to https://github.com/zygoballus for helping improve the layout of the review tables.

Author contributions

Nomer was responsible for name alignments. Elton carried out dataset extraction, and generated the review notes. Preston tracked, versioned, and packaged, the dataset under review.

References

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Wilkinson, Mark D., Michel Dumontier, IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Gabrielle Appleton, Myles Axton, Arie Baak, Niklas Blomberg, et al. 2016. “The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship.” Scientific Data 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18.