Canada: Arctic Ocean - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Canada: Arctic Ocean

Statistics

Occurrence records	355,345
Species level	273,991
Species	2,350
Taxa	3,667
Datasets	155
Time range	1800 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1,800
No WoRMS match	6,828
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,170
No accepted name available	4,271

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	323,511	820
eventDate	75,012	0
maximumDepthInMeters	184,129	975
minimumDepthInMeters	203,400	979
occurrenceStatus	111,537	0
scientificName	98	0
scientificNameID	131,119	3,518

Spatial issues

Records on land	16,406
More than 20 km from shore	285
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	18,328

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DFO Central and Arctic Multi-species Stock Assessment Surveys Published 2022-03-29	78,403
Database of the Distributions of Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada Published 2019-08-29	65,198
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	29,705
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	25,322
Zooplankton NOGAP32b 1986 Published 2023-01-19	10,906
Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) - Epibenthic Megafauna Database Published 2019-08-26	9,444
ZooplanktonBeaufortSeaNOGAP2 Published 2019-08-26	8,821
Biodiversity of benthic assemblages on the Arctic continental shelf: historical data from Canada (1955 to 1977) Published 2021-06-08	7,693
ZooplanktonBeaufortSeaNOGAP1 Published 2019-08-26	7,522
Laptev Sea and Nansen Basin Zooplankton, 1993 Published 2019-08-26	6,493

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	18,814
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	16,471
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	9,824
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,777
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	7,658
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6,686
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	5,713
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	4,699
Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	4,684
Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,412

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Melphidippa goesi Stebbing, 1899 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2024
Stegocephalus similis G.O. Sars, 1891 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2024
Colossendeis angusta Sars, 1877 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Pycnogonida	1	2024
Caecognathia arctica (Gurjanowa, 1929) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2024
Spinularia sarsii (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2024
Onisimus normani G.O. Sars, 1891 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2023
Cossura pygodactylata Jones, 1956 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2023
Polymastia grimaldii (Topsent, 1913) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	9	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 – Bedford Institute of Oceanography	108,358
Freshwater Institute (DFO – FWI), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	86,803
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	76,440
Canadian Museum of Nature, Research & Collections	71,494
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	65,847
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	55,027
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	54,227
Duke University	30,841
Duke University Marine Laboratory	29,705
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	25,333