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Statistics

Occurrence records 253,795
Species level 141,036
Species 15,208
Taxa 18,044
Datasets 205
Time range 1700 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,852
No WoRMS match 12,263
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 5,130
No accepted name available 9,925

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 256,320 31
eventDate 51,331 0
maximumDepthInMeters 152,243 216
minimumDepthInMeters 150,781 216
occurrenceStatus 84,685 0
scientificName 421 0
scientificNameID 17,109 873

Spatial issues

Records on land 37,372
More than 20 km from shore 119
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 5,396

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
7,046
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
5,340
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea
4,735
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
4,339
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia
3,423
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda
2,900
Decapoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2,805
Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2,656
Bacteria
2,325
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,018

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
Sigalion mathildae Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1832
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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