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Statistics

Occurrence records 9,483,391
Species level 5,154,601
Species 28,646
Taxa 40,016
Datasets 1,291
Time range 1753 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 11,282
No WoRMS match 663,727
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 6,293

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 110,284
No accepted name available 211,487

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 6,214,783 111,524
eventDate 684,396 0
maximumDepthInMeters 4,249,527 16,549
minimumDepthInMeters 3,808,905 8,817
occurrenceStatus 3,039,583 0
scientificName 11,314 0
scientificNameID 1,006,418 37,201

Spatial issues

Records on land 165,814
More than 20 km from shore 4,256
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 75,362

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		748,025
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria 		523,600
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		371,831
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		288,564
Bacteria
244,828
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		188,045
Thermoplasmata
Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata 		183,012
Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		145,032
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		134,378
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		126,080

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2024
Meadia abyssalis (Kamohara, 1938)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2024
Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905)
Phylum Chordata > Class Holocephali 		1 2024
Conger erebennus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 2024
Randallichthys filamentosus (Fourmanoir, 1970)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2024
Gymnothorax ryukyuensis Hatooka, 2003
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2024
Plesionika grandis Doflein, 1902
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2024
Squalus formosus White & Iglésias, 2011 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2024
Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2023
Acutiserolis gerlachei (Monod, 1925)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 2023

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