Kattegat

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Statistics

Occurrence records 1,931,694
Species level 1,617,133
Species 2,486
Taxa 3,797
Datasets 110
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,932
No WoRMS match 19,391
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 7,652
No accepted name available 33,062

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,749,794 205,401
eventDate 2,551 0
maximumDepthInMeters 250,705 0
minimumDepthInMeters 476,656 0
occurrenceStatus 1,494 0
scientificName 13 0
scientificNameID 21,724 1,451

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,924
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 208

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		62,642
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		56,762
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		52,286
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		46,842
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		44,388
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		33,411
Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		32,680
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		31,243
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		30,938
Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu, 1803)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		30,893

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Clymenura borealis (Arwidsson, 1906)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		6 2023
Oxytoxum laticeps Schiller, 1937
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae 		2 2022
Cuspidaria obesa (Lovén, 1846)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		1 2022
Ondina divisa (J. Adams, 1797)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		1 2022
Haliclona (Rhizoniera) rosea (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2022
Synedra delicatissima W.Smith, 1853
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		1 2022
Neanthes nubila (Savigny, 1822)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		2 2022
Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		7 2021
Pontophilus norvegicus (Sars, 1861)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		3 2021
Chone filicaudata Southern, 1914
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		54 2021

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 1,200,178
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 692,005
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience 667,857
University of Aarhus; Department of Bioscience 665,087
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut 495,420
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten 123,540
Swedish county administration boards 48,249
Swedish municipalities 48,249
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 45,333
Linnaeus University 38,815