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Alboran Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	41,560
Species level	38,258
Species	1,216
Taxa	1,537
Datasets	98
Time range	1870 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	14
No WoRMS match	388
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	26
No accepted name available	257

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	12,276	446
eventDate	631	0
maximumDepthInMeters	16,355	7
minimumDepthInMeters	12,303	6
occurrenceStatus	1,097	0
scientificName	45	0
scientificNameID	623	6

Spatial issues

Records on land	305
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	935

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Demersal and mega-benthic species from the MEDITS (Mediterranean International Trawl Survey) project on the Spanish continental shelf between 1994 and 2009 Published 2025-03-20	20,786
Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain Published 2021-04-24	3,802
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	2,629
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	1,825
Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean Published 2025-03-20	1,667
PANGAEA - Data from international marine global change study (IMAGES) Published 2025-03-20	1,591
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	1,332
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	1,286
IBSS historical data from different cruises Published 2025-03-20	963
Phytoplankton abundance data from the Gibraltar coastline 2009-2019 Published 2025-03-20	941

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
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4,590
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	1,875
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,176
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1,167
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	466
Cetacea Brisson, 1762 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	407
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	396
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	384
Dardanus arrosor (Herbst, 1796) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	382
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	358

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Paramuricea tingitana Ocaña & Correa, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2022
Paramuricea baetica Ocaña & Correa, 2022 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2022
Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	1	2020
Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2020
Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, 1870 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	1	2020
Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1760) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2019
Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	32,298
Instituto Español de Oceanografía	20,786
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	4,579
Duke University	4,236
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)	3,969
Alnilam	3,802
Universiteit Antwerpen	2,754
Universiteit Gent	2,754
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	2,629
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	2,278