United Kingdom: Jersey - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

United Kingdom: Jersey

Statistics

Occurrence records	21,221
Species level	16,530
Species	913
Taxa	1,237
Datasets	43
Time range	1776 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	15
No WoRMS match	6
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	879

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	17,111	1,595
eventDate	320	0
maximumDepthInMeters	8,694	0
minimumDepthInMeters	8,488	0
occurrenceStatus	8	0
scientificNameID	41	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	422
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,751

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by SeaSearch Published 2025-03-20	15,856
2012 University of Plymouth Jersey towed underwater video Epifauna survey Published 2025-03-20	1,891
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	579
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database Published 2021-04-24	394
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	394
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	328
Taxonomic Information System for the Belgian coastal area Published 2025-03-20	267
Observatoire Pelagis boat surveys 2003-2021 Published 2022-10-20	179
Intertidal and Subtidal Macroalgae taxa data from French REBENT Network Published 2025-03-20	161
ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species Published 2023-03-09	141

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	856
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	345
Phaeophyceae Kjellman, 1891 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	336
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	291
Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	283
Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	266
Bispira volutacornis (Montagu, 1804) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	263
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	256
Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	241
Calliostoma zizyphinum (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	240

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	34	2022
Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii (Kylin) A.D.Zinova, 1981 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2021
Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2020
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	43	2020
Ascidia virginea Müller, 1776 Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	2	2019
Thyone roscovita Hérouard, 1889 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	2	2019
Thymosia guernei Topsent, 1895 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2019
Euspira catena (da Costa, 1778) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2019
Mesogloia vermiculata (Smith) S.F.Gray, 1821 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	2	2019
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Martius, 1833 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	17,932
Seasearch	15,856
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	3,429
University of Plymouth	1,891
Duke University	1,377
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	758
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	758
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	757
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	535
Joint Nature Conservation Committee	394