Gulf of Bothnia

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Statistics

Occurrence records 699,445
Species level 357,670
Species 718
Taxa 1,524
Datasets 58
Time range 1765 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 32,960
No WoRMS match 94,669
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 40,946
No accepted name available 42,473

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 832,293 0
eventDate 268 0
maximumDepthInMeters 73,530 0
minimumDepthInMeters 100,984 0
occurrenceStatus 5,261 0
scientificName 8 0
scientificNameID 28,234 71,431

Spatial issues

Records on land 16,506
More than 20 km from shore 191
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 4,818

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Protozoa Owen, 1858
20,866
Bacteria
17,505
Eurytemora Giesbrecht, 1881
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		15,954
Monoporeia affinis (Lindström, 1855)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		12,882
Limnocalanus macrurus Sars G.O., 1863
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		12,371
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		12,262
Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908)
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Litostomatea 		11,610
Marenzelleria Mesnil, 1896
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		10,901
Pyramimonas Schmarda, 1849
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Pyramimonadophyceae 		10,502
Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		10,271

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Leptocylindrus minimus Gran, 1915
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		1 2023
Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Litostomatea 		1 2023
Diatoma moniliformis Kützing, 1833
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		11 2022
Nippoleucon hinumensis (Gamo, 1967)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		27 2022
Tintinnopsis fimbriata Meunier, 1919
Phylum Ciliophora > Class Oligotrichea 		1 2022
Melosira tenella Nygaard, 1956
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		7 2022
Ethmodiscus punctiger Castracane, 1886
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		2 2021
Porosira glacialis (Grunow) Jörgensen, 1905
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		2 2021
Rangia cuneata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		7 2021
Eunotia zasuminensis (Cabejszekowna) Körner, 1970
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		8 2021

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 329,082
Finnish Environment Institute 321,919
Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut 256,054
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten 137,897
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 82,681
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency 55,417
Swedish county administration boards 51,682
Swedish municipalities 51,682
National Board of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Science Institute of Coastal Research 27,621
National Board of Fisheries, Institute of Marine Science; Institute of Coastal Research 27,621