Murman Coast and Varanger Fjord - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Murman Coast and Varanger Fjord

Statistics

Occurrence records	70,482
Species level	48,904
Species	458
Taxa	595
Datasets	33
Time range	1800 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	715
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	80
No accepted name available	3,233

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	71,059	24
eventDate	3,208	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,386	13
minimumDepthInMeters	1,318	15
occurrenceStatus	1,530	0
scientificNameID	755	1,009

Spatial issues

Records on land	293
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	8,435

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	64,215
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	1,659
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	1,596
Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine Published 2019-08-26	756
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023 Published 2024-09-09	722
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	608
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	352
Incidental sightings of marine mammals Published 2025-03-20	139
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Arctic Ocean Published 2025-03-17	115
IMR Capelin larvae monitoring Published 2025-03-20	91

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	14,241
Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	6,268
Animalia	4,049
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	3,682
Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	3,013
Microcalanus pusillus Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,522
Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2,506
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,401
Acartia Dana, 1846 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,101
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,547

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Biemna variantia (Bowerbank, 1858) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12	2006
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2006
Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2006
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2006
Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2006
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	64,215
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	64,215
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	3,867
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	1,596
Institute of Marine Research	1,009
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London	756
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	756
Eamer Science & Policy	756
Environment and Climate Change Canada	756
Polar Knowledge Canada	756