Sweden: Baltic Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Sweden: Baltic Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,272,842
Species level	1,770,706
Species	2,114
Taxa	3,658
Datasets	116
Time range	1754 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	36,938
No WoRMS match	64,187
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	29,361
No accepted name available	57,189

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,286,899	114,752
eventDate	947	0
maximumDepthInMeters	249,727	0
minimumDepthInMeters	475,361	0
occurrenceStatus	10,564	0
scientificName	8	0
scientificNameID	41,088	32,943

Spatial issues

Records on land	91,663
More than 20 km from shore	306
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4,373

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	354,046
SHARK - Regional monitoring and monitoring projects of Epibenthos in Sweden since 1994 Published 2024-07-02	291,971
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of zoobenthos in Sweden since 1972 Published 2025-03-20	267,623
SHARK - National Epibenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1992 Published 2024-07-02	244,032
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985 Published 2024-07-02	232,198
Swedish Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of coastal research Published 2025-03-20	126,807
SHARK - National phytoplankton monitoring in Sweden since 1983 Published 2024-07-02	125,910
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2023-03-09	114,273
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset Published 2025-03-20	77,040
SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979 Published 2024-07-02	75,508

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
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	132,555
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	113,946
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	61,862
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	49,977
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	47,307
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	35,753
Ceramium tenuicorne (Kützing) Waern, 1952 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	33,957
Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	30,311
Ectocarpales Bessey, 1907 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	30,267
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	28,954

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Diaphanoeca grandis Ellis, 1930	1	2022
Oxytoxum laticeps Schiller, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2022
Cyclotella comta (Ehrenberg) Kützing, 1849 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2022
Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2022
Pontophilus norvegicus (Sars, 1861) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Gymnodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	7	2021
Pleurogonium rubicundum (G. O. Sars, 1864) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Microsiphona potamos C.I.Weber, 1970 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	8	2021
Eunotia zasuminensis (Cabejszekowna) Körner, 1970 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2021
Rhizosolenia eriensis Lavander, 1904 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	76	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,125,679
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut	1,385,564
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	689,416
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten	568,161
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency	303,643
Swedish county administration boards	291,971
Swedish municipalities	291,971
Linnaeus University	244,032
Stockholm University	244,032
University of Gothenburg	244,032