Coast of Western and Northern Novaya Zemlya - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Coast of Western and Northern Novaya Zemlya

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,025
Species level	2,079
Species	284
Taxa	355
Datasets	22
Time range	1875 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	40
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	17
No accepted name available	85

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,059	0
eventDate	967	0
maximumDepthInMeters	705	10
minimumDepthInMeters	60	10
occurrenceStatus	384	0
scientificNameID	380	51

Spatial issues

Records on land	26
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,244

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	839
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	601
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	576
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	355
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	295
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	121
IMR Zooplankton Barents Sea Published 2025-03-20	117
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023 Published 2024-09-09	63
Incidental sightings of marine mammals Published 2025-03-20	25
Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan Published 2019-08-26	7

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
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	171
Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	135
Ophiacantha bidentata (Bruzelius, 1805) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	129
Ophiura robusta (Ayres, 1852) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	106
Ophiopholis aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	101
Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	98
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	73
Ophiacantha Müller & Troschel, 1842 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	67
Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	66
Peridiniaceae Ehrenberg, 1831 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	64

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Liparis fabricii Krøyer, 1847 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2011
Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2011
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2001
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2001
Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1838) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6	2001
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2001
Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2001
Artediellus atlanticus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2001

Data providers

Name	Records
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	1,533
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	839
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	839
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	601
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	295
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	295
Institute of Marine Research	205
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	142
Institute of Marine Research	25
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	7