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Statistics

Occurrence records 209,431
Species level 110,499
Species 11,978
Taxa 14,742
Datasets 180
Time range 1700 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,118
No WoRMS match 8,108
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 4,967
No accepted name available 8,715

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 209,035 27
eventDate 36,729 0
maximumDepthInMeters 115,492 216
minimumDepthInMeters 115,424 216
occurrenceStatus 64,744 0
scientificName 400 0
scientificNameID 11,409 690

Spatial issues

Records on land 33,458
More than 20 km from shore 119
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 4,817

Top datasets

Dataset Records
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17 		79,991
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean
Published 		19,745
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data
Published 		18,184
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Published 		13,545
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)
Published 2025-03-20 		4,567
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790)
Published 2022-01-19 		4,283
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19 		3,286
IndOBIS Dataset (58001-60000)
Published 2022-01-19 		1,992
IndOBIS Dataset (82001-84000)
Published 2021-02-20 		1,971
IndOBIS Dataset (84001-86000)
Published 2021-02-19 		1,945

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		6,540
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		5,190
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea 		4,632
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		4,239
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia 		3,372
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda 		2,702
Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		2,475
Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2,412
Bacteria
2,325
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		1,925

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Audulla sindhu Thacker, Myers & Trivedi, 2025
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2024
Demaorchestia alanensis Bhoi & Patro in Bhoi, Tarafdar & Patro, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Floresorchestia odishi Bhoi, Patro & Myers <i>in</i> Bhoi, Myers, Kumar & Patro, 2024
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Talorchestia buensis Bhoi, Patro & Myers in Bhoi, Myers, Khatua & Patro, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Parhyale odian Patro, Bhoi & Myers in Patro, Bhoi & Myers & Sahu, 2024
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Quadrivisio chilikensis Bhoi, Myers & Patro in Bhoi, Myers, Tarafdar, Smita, Jena & Patro, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2021
Aphrogenia alba Kinberg, 1856
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		1 2020
Pholoe glabra Hartman, 1961
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		2 2020
Stylissa soestii George, 2022
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		2 2020
Paramunida travancorica Tiwari, Padate, Cubelio & Osawa, 2022
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 2020

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