Bristol Channel

Statistics

Occurrence records 237,546
Species level 181,887
Species 2,051
Taxa 2,970
Datasets 67
Time range 1776 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 22
No WoRMS match 1,133
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 151
No accepted name available 2,964

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 172,345 37,852
eventDate 2,219 0
maximumDepthInMeters 143,368 0
minimumDepthInMeters 171,243 0
occurrenceStatus 81 0
scientificName 1 0
scientificNameID 1,196 51

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,382
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 139

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
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
6,814
Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
6,050
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4,758
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
3,646
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3,636
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,900
Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,632
Temora longicornis (Müller O.F., 1785)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,569
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,303
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
2,293

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Peltogaster paguri Rathke, 1842
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca
1 2023
Isias clavipes Boeck, 1865
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2 2022
Evadne nordmanni Lovén, 1836
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Branchiopoda
3 2022
Podon intermedius Lilljeborg, 1853
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Branchiopoda
2 2022
Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2022
Mitrocomella brownei (Kramp, 1930)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2022
Ditrichocorycaeus anglicus (Lubbock, 1857)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
7 2022
Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
4 2022
Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2 2022
Pseudodiaptomus marinus Sato, 1913
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2 2022

Data providers

Name Records
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 187,321
Natural Resources Wales 55,416
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 45,656
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 39,109
British Oceanographic Data Centre 37,227
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 29,675
Joint Nature Conservation Committee 23,059
National Biodiversity Network Trust 20,348
Natural England 14,526
Bangor University; School of Ocean Sciences 14,055