Skagerrak

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Statistics

Occurrence records 822,477
Species level 660,667
Species 2,782
Taxa 4,201
Datasets 125
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2,126
No WoRMS match 12,812
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 6,958
No accepted name available 19,390

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 590,754 209,392
eventDate 39,969 0
maximumDepthInMeters 249,056 0
minimumDepthInMeters 441,876 0
occurrenceStatus 344 0
scientificName 67 0
scientificNameID 12,942 2,477

Spatial issues

Records on land 8,034
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,031

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		28,722
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		25,948
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		23,252
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		17,120
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		16,647
Rhodophyta Wettstein, 1901
Phylum Rhodophyta 		13,997
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		11,369
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		10,855
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		10,185
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		10,081

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Bathyporeia gracilis G.O. Sars, 1891
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780
Phylum Ctenophora > Class Nuda 		5 2023
Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea 		2 2023
Echiodon drummondii Thompson, 1837
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2023
Leucoraja circularis (Couch, 1838) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii 		1 2022
Helgicirrha cari (Haeckel, 1864)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa 		3 2022
Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa 		1 2022
Dasybranchus caducus (Grube, 1846)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		1 2022
Merismopedia elegans A.Braun ex Kützing, 1849
Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae 		1 2022

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