South-eastern Barents Sea (the Pechora Sea) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

South-eastern Barents Sea (the Pechora Sea)

Statistics

Occurrence records	9,714
Species level	7,293
Species	716
Taxa	877
Datasets	36
Time range	1841 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	206
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	71
No accepted name available	299

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	9,753	3
eventDate	1,023	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,583	21
minimumDepthInMeters	2,036	21
occurrenceStatus	797	0
scientificNameID	721	235

Spatial issues

Records on land	2
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,265

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,689
Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea Published 2025-03-20	1,315
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	1,195
IMR Occurrences of fish from research and rental vessels 2000-2023 Published 2024-09-09	1,151
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	622
PANGAEA - Data from quaternary environment of the Eurasian North (QUEEN) Published 2025-03-20	356
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	316
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset Published 2025-03-20	301
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	174
Incidental sightings of marine mammals Published 2025-03-20	131

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
Animalia	304
Serripes A. Gould, 1841 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	254
Stegophiura nodosa (Lütken, 1855) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	187
Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh, 1882 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	179
Diastylis Say, 1818 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	170
Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	147
Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	142
Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1830 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	134
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	131
Pennales Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	119

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Cottunculus microps Collett, 1875 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2018
Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2011
Lumpenus fabricii Reinhardt, 1836 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2007
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5	2005

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,689
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,689
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,228
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	1,995
Institute of Marine Research	1,341
High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment	1,315
Polar Environmental Centre Akvaplan-niva	1,315
Polar Environmental Centre; Akvaplan-niva; Biodiversity Group	1,315
Russian Academy of Sciences; Murmansk Marine Biological Institute	1,315
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	1,195