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Statistics

Occurrence records 16,836,195
Species level 15,487,415
Species 11,128
Taxa 15,474
Datasets 672
Time range 1119 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 14,338
No WoRMS match 460,748
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 45,401
No accepted name available 120,897

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 13,237,458 34,964
eventDate 1,077,184 0
maximumDepthInMeters 12,366,291 50,588
minimumDepthInMeters 12,735,732 49,030
occurrenceStatus 2,459,878 0
scientificName 54,823 0
scientificNameID 290,771 841,059

Spatial issues

Records on land 2,103,213
More than 20 km from shore 30,177
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 180,318

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
Clupea pallasii Valenciennes, 1847
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,964,989
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
985,559
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
786,195
Pandalus jordani Rathbun, 1902
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
728,397
Homarus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
725,927
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
573,948
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
432,100
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
399,817
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
371,467
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
353,324

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Actinoscyphia aurelia (Stephenson, 1918)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
1 2024
Stegocephalus similis G.O. Sars, 1891
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2024
Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2024
Neptunea communis (Middendorff, 1849)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2024
Caecognathia arctica (Gurjanowa, 1929)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2024
Spinularia sarsii (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1 2024
Lucinoma thula J. D. Taylor & Glover, 2017
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
1 2024
Smittina minuscula (Smitt, 1868)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
1 2023
Bythocaris irene Retowsky, 1946
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
14 2023
Halirages qvadridentatus G.O. Sars, 1877
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
25 2023

Data providers

Name Records
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 4,680,645
Pacific Biological Station (DFO – PBS), Fisheries and Oceans Canada 3,984,056
Ocean Tracking Network 2,387,718
Ocean Tracking Network 2,386,161
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 2,280,645
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Bedford Institute of Oceanography 2,043,823
Dalhousie University 1,906,342
Fisheries and Oceans 1,665,128
Atlantic Salmon Federation 1,663,516
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1,521,256