United Kingdom: Gibraltar

Statistics

Occurrence records 4,219
Species level 1,787
Species 172
Taxa 260
Datasets 35
Time range 1894 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 0
No WoRMS match 26
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 80
No accepted name available 436

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 150 8
eventDate 26 0
maximumDepthInMeters 465 0
minimumDepthInMeters 432 0
occurrenceStatus 38 0
scientificName 1 0
scientificNameID 31 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 42
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 10

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Dinoflagellata
Phylum Myzozoa
238
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
230
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
223
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
131
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
128
Protozoa Owen, 1858
120
Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
114
Leptocylindrus danicus Cleve, 1889
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
114
Rhizosolenia delicatula Cleve, 1900
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
109
Rhizosolenia T. Brightwell, 1858
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
103

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Amylax triacantha (Jørgensen) Sournia, 1984
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2019
Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2019
Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2019
Dinophysis ovum T.H.Abé, 1967
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2018
Tripos arietinus (Cleve) F.Gómez, 2021
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2018
Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca (Pouchet) J.Cachon & M.Cachon, 1968
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2017
Grammatophora marina (Lyngbye) Kützing, 1844
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
1 2017
Tripos setaceus (Jørgensen) F.Gómez, 2013
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
2 2017
Dactyliosolen antarcticus Castracane, 1886
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
12 2016
Corethron pennatum (Grunow) Ostenfeld, 1909
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
7 2016

Data providers

Name Records
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 3,717
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 3,716
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 239
Duke University 200
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) 192
Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre Cetáceos 145
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen 96
Alnilam 39
Diveboard 28
Datafable 28