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Lithuania

Statistics

Occurrence records	58,755
Species level	54,825
Species	348
Taxa	454
Datasets	16
Time range	1800 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,203
No WoRMS match	5,811
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	673
No accepted name available	844

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	57,404	0
eventDate	5	0
maximumDepthInMeters	18,145	0
minimumDepthInMeters	18,134	0
occurrenceStatus	5	0
scientificNameID	432	5,556

Spatial issues

Records on land	64
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	36

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	23,832
Baltic Seabirds Transect Surveys Published 2021-04-24	8,335
ICES Fish stomach contents dataset Published 2025-03-20	7,803
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	7,781
ICES contaminants and biological effects Published 2025-03-20	6,419
ICES Zoobenthos Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	1,903
ICES Zooplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	1,853
HELCOM/OSPAR Ballast water observations Published 2025-03-20	293
HELCOM/OSPAR Lithuania ports water sampling Published 2025-03-20	288
Non-indigenous (NIS) and cryptogenic species in European regional seas and adjacent areas Published 2025-03-20	147

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15,877
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,325
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6,977
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3,095
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,741
Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,560
Mysis mixta Liljeborg, 1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1,296
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,153
Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,017
Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	865

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2018
Amphidinium longum Lohmann, 1908 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2016
Fabricia stellaris (Müller, 1774) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2016
Mytilus trossulus A. Gould, 1850 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	8	2016
Aphanothece castagnei (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1865 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	1	2016
Chaetoceros muelleri Lemmermann, 1898 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016
Karlodinium veneficum (D.Ballantine) J.Larsen, 2000 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2016
Parapediastrum biradiatum (Meyen) E.Hegewald, 2005 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Chlorophyceae	1	2016
Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	18	2015
Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	19	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	50,370
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	49,672
Duke University	8,335
OSPAR Commission	581
Helsinki Commission	581
Klaipėdos Universitetas	147
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	36
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences	10
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	5
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	5