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Statistics

Occurrence records 16,970,499
Species level 13,802,942
Species 30,469
Taxa 41,978
Datasets 1,107
Time range 1700 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 17,684
No WoRMS match 435,244
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 73,764
No accepted name available 362,888

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 19,388,484 910,880
eventDate 661,228 0
maximumDepthInMeters 8,094,853 510,573
minimumDepthInMeters 8,091,011 510,478
occurrenceStatus 2,856,252 0
scientificName 62,335 0
scientificNameID 608,151 793,911

Spatial issues

Records on land 235,568
More than 20 km from shore 8,126
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 161,802

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Maritimes Summer Research Vessel Surveys
Published 2022-03-23 		1,288,990
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20 		1,025,635
DATRAS Canadian Maritimes Trawl Survey
Published 2025-03-20 		877,115
Maritimes Spring Research Vessel Surveys
Published 2022-03-23 		614,058
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20 		494,096
Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey Data
Published 2021-08-25 		469,742
Spanish Porcupine Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2025-03-20 		383,008
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Seabirds Compendium
Published 2021-08-27 		370,265
DFO Newfoundland and Labrador Region Ecosystem Trawl Surveys
Published 2013-10-28 		338,541
FSUGG Tags- Spawning migration patterns of the Atlantic Goliath Grouper
Published 2024-01-10 		328,895

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		683,503
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		395,038
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		374,717
Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein, 1822) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		329,297
Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		328,006
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		321,436
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		291,271
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		254,740
Sebastes Cuvier, 1829
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		239,986
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		236,935

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Lucinoma thula J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2017
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		1 2024
Paracartia grani Sars G.O., 1904
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		234 2023
Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé, 1975
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		18 2023
Diopatra neapolitana Delle Chiaje, 1841
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		110 2023
Haminoea orbignyana (A. Férussac, 1822)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		24 2023
Microdesmus longipinnis (Weymouth, 1910)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		47 2023
Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		18 2023
Psettodes erumei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		86 2023
Atherina hepsetus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		205 2023
Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		20 2023

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