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Spain: all

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,118,841
Species level	764,364
Species	7,524
Taxa	9,927
Datasets	331
Time range	1834 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	19,136
No WoRMS match	51,177
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	190,933
No accepted name available	735,409

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	8,983,355	9,734
eventDate	12,995	0
maximumDepthInMeters	366,547	0
minimumDepthInMeters	362,169	1
occurrenceStatus	31,102	0
scientificName	244	0
scientificNameID	18,556	37,110

Spatial issues

Records on land	102,550
More than 20 km from shore	1,202
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	12,532

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine biodiversity atlas of the Balearic Sea Published 2025-03-20	80,982
Demersal and mega-benthic species from the MEDITS (Mediterranean International Trawl Survey) project on the Spanish continental shelf between 1994 and 2009 Published 2025-03-20	79,763
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	70,948
Phytoplankton abundance and composition from the RADIALES time series programme (N-NW Spain) Published 2025-03-20	55,602
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	44,800
Zooplankton abundance and biomass from the RADIALES time series programme (N-NW Spain) Published 2025-03-20	41,491
Seabirds sightings of PELACUS surveys: Continental shelf of Galicia and Bay of Biscay - Database of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) Published 2025-03-20	30,527
LBBG_JUVENILE - Juvenile lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) and herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) hatched in Zeebrugge (Belgium) Published 2024-09-04	26,526
ICES Eggs and larvae Published 2025-03-20	20,332
Mackerel and horse mackerel eggs Published 2024-09-09	19,646

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	125,890
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	22,608
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	19,766
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	17,574
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	12,592
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,756
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,601
Animalia	9,277
Dinoflagellata Phylum Myzozoa	7,713
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	7,663

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) F.Weber & D.Mohr, 1805 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Paramuricea baetica Ocaña & Correa, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2022
Polybius holsatus (Fabricius, 1798) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2022
Microdeutopus gryllotalpa A. Costa, 1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2021
Lepidepecreum longicorne (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1861) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2021
Melita palmata (Montagu, 1804) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2021
Nestormuricea gratiaplena Ocaña & Correa, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2021
Penares cavernensis Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2021
Penares isabellae Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	453,467
Instituto Español de Oceanografía	208,805
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	146,416
Universiteit Gent	103,632
Universiteit Antwerpen	103,560
Instituto Español de Oceanografía – Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares	81,107
Universitat de les Illes Balears	80,982
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness; Instituto Español de Oceanografía Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares	80,982
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	70,948
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	54,354