Coastal Waters of Chukotka - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Coastal Waters of Chukotka

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,094
Species level	853
Species	141
Taxa	197
Datasets	24
Time range	1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	12
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	12
No accepted name available	34

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	890	153
eventDate	615	0
maximumDepthInMeters	558	0
minimumDepthInMeters	399	0
occurrenceStatus	305	0
scientificNameID	83	10

Spatial issues

Records on land	31
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	345

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	343
Satellite telemetry of King Eiders from northern Alaska 2002-2009 Published 2021-04-24	152
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	140
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	105
Arctic Marine Fish Museum Specimens Published 2019-08-26	75
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	56
BOLD Public Fish Data Published	37
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	35
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	32
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	30

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	152
Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	57
Liparis tunicatus Reinhardt, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	28
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	26
Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	25
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	24
Stegophiura nodosa (Lütken, 1855) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	24
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	23
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	23

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	26	2018
Anser caerulescens Brisson, 1760 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2013
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Artediellus scaber Knipowitsch, 1907 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Triglops pingelii Reinhardt, 1837 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Liparis gibbus Bean, 1881 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Trichocottus brashnikovi Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1915 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	590
Duke University	212
University of Alaska Fairbanks - Deparment of Biology & Wildlife	152
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	140
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	105
California Academy of Sciences - Department of Ichthyology	75
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	60
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	57
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	46
California Academy of Sciences	41