Portugal: Madeira

Statistics

Occurrence records 61,157
Species level 56,287
Species 1,305
Taxa 1,516
Datasets 139
Time range 1840 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 790
No WoRMS match 557
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 16
No accepted name available 260

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 73,498 184
eventDate 2,841 0
maximumDepthInMeters 78,283 0
minimumDepthInMeters 76,770 0
occurrenceStatus 4,009 0
scientificName 24 0
scientificNameID 1,406 94

Spatial issues

Records on land 2,111
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 93

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
32,892
Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
6,411
Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
4,063
Laridae Vigors, 1825
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2,390
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,718
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,328
Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
783
Puffinus puffinus (Brünnich, 1764)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
713
Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
693
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata
585

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Hemimycale funchalensis Santín & Ribeiro, 2024
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2022
Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1 2019
Corallistes masoni (Bowerbank, 1869)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2019
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
6 2019
Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2016
Heteroconger longissimus Günther, 1870
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2014
Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2014
Sarpa salpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2014
Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2014
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
2 2014

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 52,545
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 50,016
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 49,883
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 49,883
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 49,883
Duke University 3,255
Happywhale 2,894
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 1,324
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 1,033
Institute of Marine Research 966