Great Siberian Polynya - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Great Siberian Polynya

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,677
Species level	1,361
Species	159
Taxa	240
Datasets	18
Time range	1901 - 2014

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	52
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	18
No accepted name available	83

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,706	23
eventDate	449	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,262	1
minimumDepthInMeters	29	0
occurrenceStatus	339	0
scientificNameID	308	25

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	284

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	477
PANGAEA - data from Archive of Ocean Data (ArcOD) Published 2025-03-20	377
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	193
IPOE_Benthos_Steffens Published 2019-08-26	151
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	109
PANGAEA - Data from quaternary environment of the Eurasian North (QUEEN) Published 2025-03-20	108
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	89
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	75
Arctic Ostracoda database 2010 Published	60
Satellite telemetry of King Eiders from northern Alaska 2002-2009 Published 2021-04-24	23

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Paracyprideis pseudopunctillata Swain, 1963 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	140
Actinocythereis dunelmensis (Norman, 1865) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	109
Cytheropteron suzdalskyi Lev, 1972 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	74
Semicytherura complanata Brady, Crosskey & Robertson, 1874 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	71
Cytheropteron elaeni Cronin, 1988 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	64
Algidasphaeridium Matsuoka & Bujak, 1988 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	57
Cytheropteron sulense Lev, 1972 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	55
Cytheromorpha macchesneyi (Brady & Crosskey, 1871) Neale & Howe, 1975 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	54
Stegophiura nodosa (Lütken, 1855) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	50
Rabilimis septentrionalis (Brady, 1866) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	49

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Suberites cebriones Morozov, Sabirov & Zimina, 2019 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2014
Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	23	2003
Rabilimis septentrionalis (Brady, 1866) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	49	1998
Cytheromorpha macchesneyi (Brady & Crosskey, 1871) Neale & Howe, 1975 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	52	1998
Cytheropteron suzdalskyi Lev, 1972 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	72	1998
Semicytherura complanata Brady, Crosskey & Robertson, 1874 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	66	1998
Cytheropteron elaeni Cronin, 1988 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	62	1998
Cytheropteron sulense Lev, 1972 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	55	1998
Actinocythereis dunelmensis (Norman, 1865) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	105	1998
Kyphocythere limicola (Norman, 1865) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	43	1998

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	965
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	548
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	193
Institut für Polarökologie der Christian-Albrechts-Universität	151
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research	108
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	75
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	75
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	64
Duke University	23
University of Alaska Fairbanks - Deparment of Biology & Wildlife	23