Aegean Sea

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Statistics

Occurrence records 66,955
Species level 56,937
Species 3,203
Taxa 3,848
Datasets 127
Time range 1841 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 177
No WoRMS match 1,187
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 360
No accepted name available 2,416

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 62,240 1,602
eventDate 15,604 0
maximumDepthInMeters 29,308 4
minimumDepthInMeters 21,505 0
occurrenceStatus 701 0
scientificName 74 0
scientificNameID 723 559

Spatial issues

Records on land 606
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 2,184

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata 		1,621
Dinoflagellata
Phylum Myzozoa 		926
Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		397
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		389
Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W.Smith, 1853
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		288
Notomastus latericeus Sars, 1851
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		264
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		253
Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1868
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		244
Proboscia alata (Brightwell) Sundström, 1986
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		237
Leptocylindrus danicus Cleve, 1889
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		230

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Schizobrachiella sanguinea (Norman, 1868)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata 		1 2022
Pennaria disticha Goldfuss, 1820
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa 		3 2022
Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2022
Lichia amia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2022
Gobius bucchichi Steindachner, 1870
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2022
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2022
Epinephelus costae (Steindachner, 1878)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2022
Cerithium scabridum R. A. Philippi, 1848
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		2 2022
Amphiroa rigida J.V.Lamouroux, 1816
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae 		3 2022
Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		3 2022

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