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Morocco: all

Statistics

Occurrence records	256,755
Species level	252,909
Species	1,412
Taxa	1,763
Datasets	133
Time range	1835 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	114
No WoRMS match	1,300
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	405
No accepted name available	141

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	139,463	355
eventDate	1,472	0
maximumDepthInMeters	253,760	10
minimumDepthInMeters	250,422	8
occurrenceStatus	2,974	0
scientificName	34	0
scientificNameID	983	642

Spatial issues

Records on land	165,664
More than 20 km from shore	54
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,151

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	115,582
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	103,116
LBBG_ADULT - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding in Belgium Published 2024-09-04	12,895
LBBG_JUVENILE - Juvenile lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) and herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) hatched in Zeebrugge (Belgium) Published 2024-09-04	11,310
CIRCE Marine mammals off Spain 2001-2012 Published 2021-04-24	2,373
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,717
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	1,071
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	735
IBSS historical data from different cruises Published 2025-03-20	548
Atlantic Anguilla surveys (1862-2007) Published 2024-09-09	542

Distribution

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

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
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	242,905
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	775
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	753
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	615
Anguilla Schrank, 1798 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	542
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	511
Animalia	331
Bacteria	310
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	246
Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	220

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	7	2023
Paramuricea tingitana Ocaña & Correa, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2022
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Monochirus hispidus Rafinesque, 1814 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa	1	2020
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Spongosorites placenta Topsent, 1896 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	242,910
Universiteit Gent	139,819
Universiteit Antwerpen	139,787
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	121,173
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	115,582
Universiteit van Amsterdam	103,116
Duke University	2,775
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)	2,507
Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre Cetáceos	2,373
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,890