SYKE-plankton_IFCB_2025

The dataset available here is an updated version of SYKE-plankton_IFCB_2022 (DOI:https://doi.org/XXXX/b2share.959d9bdf9b4247299498ad8d351ce0fb). It contains approximately 71 000 images belonging to 152 different classes, consisting mainly of phytoplankton. The images can be used to e.g. train a classifier to identify phytoplankton images. If used in scientific applications, please aknowledge the authors/ creators of the dataset accordingly.The images were collected with an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB, McLane Research Laboratories, Inc., U.S., Olson and Sosik, 2007) from different locations in the Baltic Sea between 20016 and 2024. The data were collected from a continuous deployment at the Utö Atmospheric and Marine Research Station (59°46.84’ N, 21°22.13’ E; Laakso et al., 2018; Kraft et al., 2021) operated by Finnish Environment Institute and Finnish Meteorological Institute (n=470). Also, water samples were collected using the Alg@line ferrybox systems of M/S Finnmaid and Silja Serenade (Ruokanen et al., 2003; Kaitala et al., 2014) and manually ran in the laboratory (n=43), and from a continuous deployment from M/S Finnmaid (n=56). The images were manually annotated by expert taxonomists. The class list and labeled image set is a continuous work in progress, thus there may be a need for revision in future. More detailed explanation and example images of 50 different classes can be found from the publication Kraft et al. 2022.The work utilized SYKE and FMI marine research infrastructure as a part of the national FINMARI RI consortium. The work was partly funded by Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation (personal grant for KK), Academy of Finland project FASTVISION-plus (grant no. 339355), JERICO-S3 project, funded by the European Commission’s H2020 Framework Programme under grant agreement No. 871153, and OBAMA-NEXT funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program under grant agreement No. 101081642. Class list Akinete Amphidinium-Katodinium Amphidinium-Katodinium2 Amphidinium_crassum Amphidinium_sphenoides Amylax_triacantha Aphanizomenon_flosaquae Aphanothece_paralleliformis Apocalathium_malmogiense Beads Biecheleria_baltica Binuclearia_lauterbornii Bubble Bubble2 Bubble3 Cerataulina_pelagica Chaetoceros_spp_chain Chaetoceros_spp_chain2 Chaetoceros_spp_single Chlorococcales Chlorococcales2 Chlorococcales3 Chlorococcales4 Chroococcales Chroococcus_spp Ciliata_Askenasia_spp Ciliata_Balanionidae Ciliata_Choreotrichida_spp Ciliata_Euplotida_spp Ciliata_Halteria_spp Ciliata_Strombidium_cf_conicum Ciliata_Strombidium_spp Ciliata_Tintinnina Ciliata_Urotricha_spp Ciliata_cf_Holophrya_spp Ciliata_cf_larvae Ciliata_sp Ciliata_sp2 Ciliata_spp Ciliata_spp2 Copepod_nauplii Coscinodiscus_granii Cryptomonadales Cyclotella_choctawhatcheeana Cylindrotheca_closterium Cymbomonas_tetramitiformis Cyst_like Dactyliosolen_fragilissimus Detritus1 Detritus2 Detritus3 Detritus4 Diatoma_tenuis Dinobryon_spp Dinophyceae_obscure Dinophyceae_pairs Dinophyceae_sp Dinophyceae_spp Dinophysis_spp Dolichospermum-Anabaenopsis Dolichospermum-Anabaenopsis_coiled Ebria_tripartita Empty_cell_part Entomoneis Euglenophyceae Euglenophyceae2 Eutreptiella_sp Fecal_pellet Gonyaulax_verior Guinardia_delicatula Gymnodiniales Gymnodinium-Gyrodinium Gymnodinium_corollarium Gymnodinium_sp Gymnodinium_sp10 Gymnodinium_sp11 Gymnodinium_sp12 Gymnodinium_sp13 Gymnodinium_sp14 Gymnodinium_sp2 Gymnodinium_sp3 Gymnodinium_sp4 Gymnodinium_sp5 Gymnodinium_sp6 Gymnodinium_sp7 Gymnodinium_sp8 Gymnodinium_sp9 Gyrodinium_spirale Helicostomella_subulata Heterocapsa_arctica_subsp_frigida Heterocapsa_rotundata Heterocapsa_triquetra Heterocyte Katablepharis_remigera Katodinium_glaucum Licmophora_spp Melosira_arctica Melosira_arctica2 Merismopedia_sp Mesodinium_major Mesodinium_rubrum Mesodinium_rubrum2 Mesodinium_spp Mesodinium_spp2 Mesodinium_spp3 Monoraphidium_contortum Navicula_spp_chain Nitzschia_frigida Nitzschia_paleacea Nodularia_spumigena Nodularia_spumigena_coiled Octactis_speculum Oocystis_sp Oscillatoriales Pauliella_taeniata Pauliella_taeniata2 Pauliella_taeniata3 Pauliella_taeniata4 Pauliella_taeniata5 Pauliella_taeniata6 Pennales_sp Pennales_sp2 Peridiniella_catenata_chain Peridiniella_catenata_single Peridiniella_catenata_single2 Plagioselmis_prolonga Pollen Prorocentrum_cordatum Protoperidinium_bipes Pseudopedinella-Apedinella Pyramimonas_spp Rotifera Scenedesmus_spp Skeletonema_marinoi Snowella-Woronichinia Snowella-Woronichinia Teleaulax_amphioxeia Teleaulax_spp Thalassionema_nitzschioides Thalassiosira_levanderi Thalassiosira_spp_chain Thalassiosira_spp_single Tintinnid_lorica Unknown Unknown2 Unknown3 Unknown4 Unknown5 Unknown6 Uroglenopsis_sp Vorticella cf_Micracanthodinium_claytonii