Sweden: North Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Sweden: North Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	567,743
Species level	420,280
Species	2,417
Taxa	3,583
Datasets	93
Time range	1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,764
No WoRMS match	12,987
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3,419
No accepted name available	16,623

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	492,250	81,211
eventDate	668	0
maximumDepthInMeters	148,260	0
minimumDepthInMeters	240,672	0
occurrenceStatus	186	0
scientificName	67	0
scientificNameID	12,914	2,450

Spatial issues

Records on land	24,193
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	564

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
SHARK - National Epibenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1992 Published 2024-07-02	99,925
SHARK - Regional monitoring, recipient control and monitoring projects of phytoplankton in Sweden since 1985 Published 2024-07-02	93,488
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2023-03-09	81,019
SHARK - National zoobenthos monitoring in Sweden since 1971 Published 2025-03-20	74,070
SHARK - National phytoplankton monitoring in Sweden since 1983 Published 2024-07-02	46,571
Koster historical biodiversity assessment Published 2025-03-19	24,182
SHARK - National marine environmental monitoring of zooplankton in Sweden since 1979 Published 2024-07-02	17,918
Imaging flow cytometry from SMHI in Tangesund 2016 Published 2025-03-20	16,777
SHARK - Regional monitoring and monitoring projects of Epibenthos in Sweden since 1994 Published 2024-07-02	16,017
Swedish Board of Fisheries (Fiskeriverket) - Institute of coastal research Published 2025-03-20	12,841

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
Rhodophyta Wettstein, 1901 Phylum Rhodophyta	21,482
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11,656
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	11,392
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10,460
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	10,084
Phyllophoraceae Willkomm, 1854 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	9,444
Ceramium virgatum Roth, 1797 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	8,794
Pseudolithoderma Svedelius, 1911 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	7,862
Corallina officinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	7,549
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7,349

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780 Phylum Ctenophora > Class Nuda	5	2023
Helgicirrha cari (Haeckel, 1864) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	3	2022
Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2022
Merismopedia elegans A.Braun ex Kützing, 1849 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	1	2022
Strombidium sulcatum Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 Phylum Ciliophora > Class Oligotrichea	1	2021
Hippomedon robustus G.O. Sars, 1895 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2021
Phoxocephalus holbolli (Krøyer, 1842) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2021
Oxytoxum laticeps Schiller, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Ougia subaequalis (Oug, 1978) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	3	2021
Lamispina falcata (Støp-Bowitz, 1948) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	526,792
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut	381,526
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten	248,171
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	127,381
University of Gothenburg	124,107
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency	109,612
Linnaeus University	99,925
Stockholm University	99,925
Combine Control Systems AB	24,182
University of Gothenburg, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory	24,182