Morocco: Mediterranean Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Morocco: Mediterranean Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,694
Species level	2,307
Species	328
Taxa	410
Datasets	57
Time range	1870 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	35
No WoRMS match	52
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	12
No accepted name available	56

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,418	130
eventDate	196	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,954	10
minimumDepthInMeters	1,467	8
occurrenceStatus	283	0
scientificName	15	0
scientificNameID	99	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	439
More than 20 km from shore	11
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	498

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
IBSS historical data from different cruises Published 2025-03-20	548
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	536
PANGAEA - Data from Climatic variability of the Mediterranean Paleo-circulation (CLIVAMP) Published 2025-03-20	461
Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean Published 2025-03-20	423
Bigood Published 2025-03-20	112
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	70
University of Valencia, Cryptogams Collection: VAL_Algae Published 2025-03-20	65
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	50
LBBG_ADULT - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding in Belgium Published 2024-09-04	44
Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain Published 2021-04-24	37

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
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	581
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	437
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	61
Anguilla Schrank, 1798 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	34
Neogloboquadrina Bandy, Frerichs & Vincent, 1967 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Turborotalita quinqueloba (Natland, 1938) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Neogloboquadrina incompta (Cifelli, 1961) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	32
Globoconella inflata (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	31

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
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
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	581	2020
Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Scyramathia carpenteri (Thomson, 1873) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2016
Eunicella cavolini (Koch, 1887) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,723
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	581
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, O. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas	552
Universiteit van Amsterdam	536
Technical University of Valencia; Department of Transportation Infrastructures and Engineering	423
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	118
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	107
Duke University	70
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	70
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	66