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Statistics

Occurrence records 20,030
Species level 12,931
Species 2,733
Taxa 3,792
Datasets 94
Time range 1775 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 15
No WoRMS match 849
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 309

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 18,490 99
eventDate 4,886 0
maximumDepthInMeters 16,505 40
minimumDepthInMeters 15,070 0
occurrenceStatus 13,542 0
scientificName 184 0
scientificNameID 10,283 84

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,209
More than 20 km from shore 2
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 70

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		265
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		255
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea 		227
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda 		205
Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		177
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		170
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		157
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		134
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		122
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		119

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Palaemonella jamila Anker & Benzoni, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Actaeodes consobrinus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		2 2022
Enosteoides habibi Anker & Benzoni, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		6 2020
Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, 2022
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		5 2020
Discias forsskali Anker, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2020
Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		4 2018
Aporobopyrus oviformis Shiino, 1934
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2018

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