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Statistics

Occurrence records 153,179
Species level 137,230
Species 919
Taxa 1,030
Datasets 37
Time range 1763 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 221
No WoRMS match 761
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 693
No accepted name available 1,141

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 151,946 2
eventDate 5,719 0
maximumDepthInMeters 9,490 0
minimumDepthInMeters 12,072 0
occurrenceStatus 17,474 0
scientificNameID 5,485 741

Spatial issues

Records on land 7,915
More than 20 km from shore 31
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 53,745

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		22,169
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		17,137
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		13,322
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		12,218
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		9,614
Triconia borealis (Sars G.O., 1918)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		8,242
Temora longicornis (Müller O.F., 1785)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		7,909
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		5,798
Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea 		4,616
Microsetella norvegica (Boeck, 1865)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		4,613

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Leucosolenia creepae Lavrov, Ekimova, Schepetov, Koinova & Ereskovsky, 2023
Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea 		2 2018
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		2,199 2017
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3 2010
Paroediceros intermedius Stebbing, 1906
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2008
Halice abyssi Boeck, 1871
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2008
Nymphon microrhynchum G.O. Sars, 1888
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Pycnogonida 		1 2008
Obesotoma gigas (Verkrüzen, 1875)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2008
Rostroculodes borealis (Boeck, 1871)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2008
Rostroculodes schneideri (G.O. Sars, 1895)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		5 2008
Schizomavella (Schizomavella) auriculata (Hassall, 1842)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata 		1 2008

Data providers

Name Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington 118,435
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 118,435
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans 25,346
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 6,130
Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute of RAS White Sea Biological Station 6,066
Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute; White Sea Biological Station 6,066
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics 2,199
James Cook University, Townsville 2,199
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 2,199
Radboud University 2,199