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Sweden: all

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,840,585
Species level	2,190,986
Species	3,144
Taxa	5,078
Datasets	148
Time range	1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	38,702
No WoRMS match	77,174
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	32,780
No accepted name available	73,812

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,779,149	195,963
eventDate	1,615	0
maximumDepthInMeters	397,987	0
minimumDepthInMeters	716,033	0
occurrenceStatus	10,750	0
scientificName	75	0
scientificNameID	54,002	35,393

Spatial issues

Records on land	115,856
More than 20 km from shore	306
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4,937

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	354,046
SHARK - National Epibenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1992 Published 2024-07-02	343,957
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985 Published 2024-07-02	325,686
SHARK - Regional monitoring and monitoring projects of Epibenthos in Sweden since 1994 Published 2024-07-02	307,988
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972 Published 2025-03-20	272,564
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2023-03-09	195,292
SHARK - National phytoplankton monitoring in Sweden since 1983 Published 2024-07-02	172,481
Swedish Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of coastal research Published 2025-03-20	139,648
SHARK - National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971 Published 2025-03-20	137,170
SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979 Published 2024-07-02	93,426

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	143,947
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	125,602
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	64,141
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	50,906
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50,597
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	46,213
Ceramium tenuicorne (Kützing) Waern, 1952 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	34,218
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33,422
Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	32,056
Ectocarpales Bessey, 1907 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	30,417

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Helgicirrha cari (Haeckel, 1864) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	3	2022
Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2022
Cyclotella comta (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1849 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2022
Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2022
Gymnodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	7	2021
Oxytoxum laticeps Schiller, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2021
Pleurogonium rubicundum (G. O. Sars, 1864) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Eunotia zasuminensis (Cabejszekowna) Körner, 1970 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2021
Ougia subaequalis (Oug, 1978) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	3	2021
Rhizosolenia eriensis Lavander, 1904 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	76	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,652,471
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut	1,767,090
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	816,797
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten	816,332
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency	413,255
University of Gothenburg	368,139
Linnaeus University	343,957
Stockholm University	343,957
Swedish county administration boards	307,988
Swedish municipalities	307,988