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Statistics

Occurrence records 16,863,008
Species level 12,227,452
Species 35,097
Taxa 48,836
Datasets 1,260
Time range 1828 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 89,767
No WoRMS match 309,841
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 87,545
No accepted name available 291,634

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 17,023,582 825,851
eventDate 759,247 0
maximumDepthInMeters 6,043,449 504,289
minimumDepthInMeters 5,876,670 502,051
occurrenceStatus 3,555,033 0
scientificName 71,399 0
scientificNameID 1,904,298 519,965

Spatial issues

Records on land 3,535,008
More than 20 km from shore 505,313
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 509,027

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
329,601
Porifera Grant, 1836
Phylum Porifera
264,745
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
229,752
Biota incertae sedis
177,001
Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes, 1848)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
170,971
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
156,050
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
148,706
Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
137,139
Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède, 1802
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
135,731
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
122,871

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Amphidinium massartii Biecheler, 1952
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
70 2023
Aglaophenia tubulifera (Hincks, 1861)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
16 2023
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
24 2023
Acrodiscus vidovichii (Meneghini) Zanardini, 1868
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
27 2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae
24 2023
Ophionereis schayeri (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea
13 2023
Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
90 2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae
18 2023
Acetabularia caliculus J.V.Lamouroux, 1824
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae
17 2023
Acanthosiphonia echinata (Harvey) Savoie & G.W.Saunders, 2018
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
31 2023