Morocco: North Atlantic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Morocco: North Atlantic

Statistics

Occurrence records	254,061
Species level	250,602
Species	1,216
Taxa	1,505
Datasets	115
Time range	1835 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	79
No WoRMS match	1,248
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	393
No accepted name available	85

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	137,045	225
eventDate	1,276	0
maximumDepthInMeters	251,806	0
minimumDepthInMeters	248,955	0
occurrenceStatus	2,691	0
scientificName	19	0
scientificNameID	884	641

Spatial issues

Records on land	165,225
More than 20 km from shore	43
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	653

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	115,581
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	102,580
LBBG_ADULT - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding in Belgium Published 2024-09-04	12,851
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	2,370
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,715
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	1,071
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	735
Atlantic Anguilla surveys (1862-2007) Published 2024-09-09	508
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	401

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	242,324
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	598
Anguilla Schrank, 1798 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	508
Animalia	329
Bacteria	310
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	242
Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	196
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	130

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	7	2023
Spongosorites placenta Topsent, 1896 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Euplectella suberea Thomson, 1876 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2019
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2018
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	13	2018
Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2016
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2015
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	242,329
Universiteit Gent	139,772
Universiteit Antwerpen	139,742
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	119,450
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	115,581
Universiteit van Amsterdam	102,580
Duke University	2,705
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)	2,453
Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre Cetáceos	2,370
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,805