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Portugal: all

Statistics

Occurrence records	975,467
Species level	701,161
Species	5,286
Taxa	7,794
Datasets	289
Time range	1723 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	7,215
No WoRMS match	9,846
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	15,727
No accepted name available	89,845

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,325,666	1,560
eventDate	9,047	0
maximumDepthInMeters	803,953	60
minimumDepthInMeters	753,127	64
occurrenceStatus	28,311	0
scientificName	92	0
scientificNameID	8,745	4,779

Spatial issues

Records on land	153,320
More than 20 km from shore	5,024
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	60,613

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ImageDOP Bentic Video Annotations in the Faial-Pico Channel in 2011 Published 2025-03-20	148,142
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	136,313
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	109,903
Long-term cetacean monitoring in the Azores based on whale watching observations (2009-2020) Published 2025-03-20	77,572
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Seabird sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 2000 on: during navigation or search mode Published 2025-03-20	57,441
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	41,752
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Seabird sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013: while fishing Published 2025-03-20	33,439
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Tuna species caught in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 to 2013 Published 2025-03-20	26,777
POPA- Fisheries Observer Program of the Azores: Marine mammal sightings in the Azores tuna fishery from 1998 on: during navigation or search mode Published 2025-03-20	26,349
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	25,284

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	166,358
Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	90,746
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	42,258
Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	36,375
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	33,237
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	31,462
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	26,272
Haliclona Grant, 1841 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	18,846
Polyplumaria Sars, 1874 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	17,785
Hydrozoa Owen, 1843 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	17,020

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2023
Zalophus californianus (Lesson, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2022
Hemimycale funchalensis Santín & Ribeiro, 2024 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2022
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2021
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2021
Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2021
Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2021
Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2020
Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	19	2020
Zostera noltei Hornemann, 1832 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	54	2020

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	398,506
Institute of Marine Research	338,060
Universidade dos Açores – Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas	335,030
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	175,867
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	142,461
Universiteit Gent	140,898
Universiteit Antwerpen	138,339
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape	136,313
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre	136,313
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	136,313