Spain: North Atlantic - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Spain: North Atlantic

Statistics

Occurrence records	404,436
Species level	303,703
Species	3,973
Taxa	5,374
Datasets	223
Time range	1835 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	608
No WoRMS match	11,605
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	912
No accepted name available	16,044

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	395,384	3,177
eventDate	6,653	0
maximumDepthInMeters	177,885	0
minimumDepthInMeters	195,532	1
occurrenceStatus	14,321	0
scientificName	53	0
scientificNameID	12,444	722

Spatial issues

Records on land	53,084
More than 20 km from shore	942
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5,665

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Phytoplankton abundance and composition from the RADIALES time series programme (N-NW Spain) Published 2025-03-20	55,602
Zooplankton abundance and biomass from the RADIALES time series programme (N-NW Spain) Published 2025-03-20	41,491
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	40,872
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_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	29,443
LBBG_JUVENILE - Juvenile lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) and herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) hatched in Zeebrugge (Belgium) Published 2024-09-04	25,217
ICES Eggs and larvae Published 2025-03-20	20,332
Mackerel and horse mackerel eggs Published 2024-09-09	19,646
CURLEW_VLAANDEREN - Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata, Scolopacidae) breeding in Flanders (Belgium) Published 2024-09-03	11,750
MEDGULL_ANTWERPEN - Mediterranean gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Laridae) breeding near Antwerp (Belgium) Published 2024-09-04	11,341

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	68,813
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	21,614
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	19,694
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	15,293
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,752
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	11,529
Dinoflagellata Phylum Myzozoa	7,499
Animalia	6,529
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	6,332
Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6,100

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) F.Weber & D.Mohr, 1805 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2023
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Oblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	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
Polyophthalmus pictus (Dujardin, 1839) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	3	2021
Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	156,468
Instituto Español de Oceanografía	128,522
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	89,389
Universiteit Gent	56,425
Universiteit Antwerpen	56,374
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	53,566
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	50,319
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	40,872
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	29,443
Environmental Hydraulics Institute	20,263