Central Aegean Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Central Aegean Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	15,575
Species level	13,791
Species	1,560
Taxa	1,784
Datasets	78
Time range	1841 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	24
No WoRMS match	120
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	17
No accepted name available	320

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	13,559	452
eventDate	5,024	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,828	0
minimumDepthInMeters	6,533	0
occurrenceStatus	83	0
scientificNameID	103	43

Spatial issues

Records on land	16
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	448

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Mediterranean Ocean Biodiversity Information System Published 2025-03-20	4,664
Mytilini Published 2025-03-20	4,144
IBSS historical data from different cruises Published 2025-03-20	1,634
Marine impactful cryptogenic and alien species in the Greek Seas: A georeferenced dataset (1893-2020) Published 2024-06-10	1,091
Kyklades-data of the Central Aegean Sea Published 2020-03-20	898
Aegean macrobenthic fauna Published 2025-03-20	524
Loggerhead satellite tracking data from Rethymno, Crete, Greece Published 2021-04-24	436
Phytoplankton of coastal waters in Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, 2002-2003. Published 2020-04-27	219
Edward Forbes. Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology. 13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844. Published 2022-03-28	213
Edward Forbes. Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology. 13th Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, 1844. Published 2023-03-22	213

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	476
Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	314
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	129
Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	113
Lumbrineris latreilli Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	106
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	105
Glycera tridactyla Schmarda, 1861 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	102
Gouldia minima (Montagu, 1803) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	92
Lophocladia trichoclados (C.Agardh) F.Schmitz, 1893 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	91
Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	91

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Styela plicata (Lesueur, 1823) Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	2	2019
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	7	2019
Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa	3	2019
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Mullus barbatus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6	2018
Olindias muelleri Haeckel, 1879 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	2	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture	10,390
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	7,291
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, O. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas	1,643
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters	1,111
Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean	1,091
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	1,091
Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research	1,091
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	710
Duke University	492
Coonamessett Farm Foundation	436