Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve

Statistics

Occurrence records	97,617
Species level	2,347
Species	351
Taxa	568
Datasets	9
Time range	1987 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	38
No WoRMS match	19
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	143
No accepted name available	75,193

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	97,451	0
eventDate	150	0
maximumDepthInMeters	97,355	0
minimumDepthInMeters	97,371	0
occurrenceStatus	73	0
scientificNameID	22	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	137

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (France): March 2023 Published 2024-12-08	97,161
Ricerche sulla malacofauna della Riserva Naturale di Scandola (Corsica Nord-occidentale) Published 2024-07-18	161
A checklist of the bentic marine algae of Corsica Published 2024-07-22	140
Inventory of Echinoderms from 1980s in the Scandola Nature Reserve (Regional Natural Park of Corsica) Published 2024-07-11	73
CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019. Published 2025-03-20	35
Global Marine biodiversity data from Seawatchers Marine Citizen Science Platform 1980-2020 Published 2025-03-20	26
Mass mortality events in Mediterranean marine coastal ecosystems Published 2025-03-20	17
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	3
Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020 Published 2025-03-20	1

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
Biota incertae sedis	75,180
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	9,555
Animalia	3,693
Micromonas I.Manton & M.Parke, 1960 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	2,101
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	567
Bathycoccaceae Marin & Melkonian, 2010 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	464
Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda	406
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	298
Diplodus Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	279
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	213

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	105	2023
Spicara maena (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	168	2023
Spicara smaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	72	2023
Chromis chromis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	140	2023
Boops boops (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	167	2023
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	44	2023
Gephyrocapsa huxleyi (Lohmann) P.Reinhardt, 1972 Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae	109	2023
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	60	2023
Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	51	2023
Oblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	137	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
UNESCO-IOC	97,234
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	97,161
Ecole d’Ota	97,161
Office de l’Environnement de la Corse	97,161
Parc naturel régional de Corse	97,161
UNESCO-WHC	97,161
UNESCO	301
Consorzio Ricerche in Sardegna - Istituto Scienze del Mare	161
Istituto di Zoologia dell'Università di Sassari	161
Laboratoire d'Ecologie du Benthos, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy	140