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Statistics

Occurrence records 630,754
Species level 265,197
Species 15,931
Taxa 19,797
Datasets 309
Time range 1836 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 4,287
No WoRMS match 12,765
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 3,417
No accepted name available 160,737

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 549,915 23,576
eventDate 114,443 0
maximumDepthInMeters 381,084 3,952
minimumDepthInMeters 383,848 3,888
occurrenceStatus 172,262 0
scientificName 3,915 0
scientificNameID 52,810 986

Spatial issues

Records on land 52,586
More than 20 km from shore 768
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 34,494

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Biota incertae sedis
127,004
Pisces
Phylum Chordata
31,580
Animalia
27,085
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
26,193
Bacteria
12,624
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
12,518
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
12,393
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
12,222
Biota
9,009
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
7,096

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2024
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle, 1993
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
101 2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae
96 2023
Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
194 2023
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
147 2023
Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
126 2023
Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
95 2023
Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan & Thompson, 1914)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
138 2023
Nusuttodinium poecilochroum (J.Larsen) Y.Takano & T.Horiguchi, 2014
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
150 2023
Chloropicon sieburthii Lopes dos Santos & Eikrem, 2017
Phylum Chlorophyta
244 2023

Data providers

Name Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 188,535
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 180,046
Autonomus University of Baja California Sur, Mexico 178,354
Conservation Genetics Lab, University of Arizona, United States of America 178,354
Revillagigedo National Park, National Commission of Protected Natural Areas - CONANP, Mexico 178,354
UNESCO-IOC 178,354
UNESCO-WHC 178,354
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 106,150
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) 106,150
University of New Hampshire 106,150