Ireland

Statistics

Occurrence records 2,408,809
Species level 1,974,653
Species 4,872
Taxa 6,514
Datasets 213
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 188
No WoRMS match 1,904
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,618
No accepted name available 53,223

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,084,039 295,335
eventDate 8,510 0
maximumDepthInMeters 792,426 1
minimumDepthInMeters 1,026,501 2
occurrenceStatus 10,651 0
scientificName 58 0
scientificNameID 2,468 542

Spatial issues

Records on land 38,260
More than 20 km from shore 1
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 7,923

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
95,103
Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
71,215
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
70,521
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
68,004
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Walbaum, 1792)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
60,424
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
58,408
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
52,791
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
52,143
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
47,316
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
44,911

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
7 2023
Chelon auratus (Risso, 1810) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2023
Lepadogaster purpurea (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2021
Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Leucobrotula adipata Koefoed, 1952
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2021
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2021
Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda
8 2021
Anabathron ascensum Hedley, 1907
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
17 2021
Janua heterostropha (Montagu, 1803)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2 2021

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 2,003,801
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 1,390,509
Marine Institute Ireland 622,457
Marine Institute 412,329
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 315,411
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 170,557
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 132,710
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 132,710
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 132,710
Duke University 120,905