Latvia

Statistics

Occurrence records 157,824
Species level 135,006
Species 522
Taxa 738
Datasets 37
Time range 1901 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,992
No WoRMS match 8,430
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1,612
No accepted name available 3,760

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 160,597 0
eventDate 108 0
maximumDepthInMeters 31,001 0
minimumDepthInMeters 30,877 0
occurrenceStatus 141 0
scientificNameID 5,542 3,808

Spatial issues

Records on land 4,032
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 211

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
28,931
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
18,280
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
16,044
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
9,345
Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
4,013
Temora longicornis (Müller O.F., 1785)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,707
Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
3,560
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
3,067
Acartia Dana, 1846
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,885
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,605

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Biecheler) Horiguchi ex K.Yuki & Y.Fukuyo, 1992
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2020
Heterocapsa minima A.J.Pomroy, 1989
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2020
Dissodinium pseudolunula Swift ex Elbrächter & Drebes, 1978
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2019
Laboea strobila Lohmann, 1908
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Oligotrichea
1 2018
Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
2 2017
Bylgides elegans (Théel, 1879)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
21 2017
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
8 2017
Harmothoe impar (Johnston, 1839)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
2 2016
Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
5 2015
Navicula librile Ehrenberg, 1832
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
5 2015