Spain: Canary Islands

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Statistics

Occurrence records 40,725
Species level 38,616
Species 2,014
Taxa 2,356
Datasets 146
Time range 1834 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 315
No WoRMS match 1,519
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 80
No accepted name available 311

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 55,092 560
eventDate 2,320 0
maximumDepthInMeters 39,469 0
minimumDepthInMeters 25,112 0
occurrenceStatus 3,072 0
scientificName 81 0
scientificNameID 2,370 90

Spatial issues

Records on land 3,179
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 3,177

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		2,343
Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2,159
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,635
Similiparma lurida (Cuvier, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1,576
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		838
Chromis limbata (Valenciennes, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		803
Globorotalia truncatulinoides (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		715
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		713
Canthigaster capistrata (Lowe, 1839)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		632
Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler, 1955
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		610

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		2 2023
Nestormuricea gratiaplena Ocaña & Correa, 2022
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia 		2 2021
Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa 		1 2020
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3 2019
Webbnesia maculata Núñez, Barnich & Monterroso, 2022
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		1 2019
Trachycaris restricta (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2017
Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2016
Acanthurus monroviae Steindachner, 1876
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		6 2016
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa, 1778)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2016
Pseudoceros maximum Lang, 1884
Phylum Platyhelminthes 		1 2016

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