Strait of Gibraltar - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Strait of Gibraltar

Statistics

Occurrence records	15,089
Species level	12,980
Species	458
Taxa	565
Datasets	61
Time range	1835 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	4
No WoRMS match	43
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	58
No accepted name available	326

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,260	21
eventDate	133	0
maximumDepthInMeters	11,939	0
minimumDepthInMeters	11,884	0
occurrenceStatus	133	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	53	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	1,395
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	23

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	3,911
CIRCE Marine mammals off Spain 2001-2012 Published 2021-04-24	3,534
LBBG_JUVENILE - Juvenile lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) and herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) hatched in Zeebrugge (Belgium) Published 2024-09-04	3,180
Phytoplankton abundance data from the Gibraltar coastline 2009-2019 Published 2025-03-20	2,775
DELTATRACK - Herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) and lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at Neeltje Jans (Netherlands) Published 2024-09-03	362
Atlantic Anguilla surveys (1862-2007) Published 2024-09-09	219
Cetacean monitoring data collected along fixed transect using ferries as platforms in the Strait of Gibraltar, 2018, FLT Med Network Published 2025-03-20	150
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca Collection (Mollusca) Published 2025-03-20	125
Alnitak-Alnilam Cetaceans and sea turtles surveys off Southern Spain Published 2021-04-24	94
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	92

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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	7,467
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	874
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	723
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	681
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	648
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	627
Anguilla Schrank, 1798 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	219
Dinoflagellata Phylum Myzozoa	181
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	169
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	168

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Syngnathus acus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2020
Amylax triacantha (Jørgensen) Sournia, 1984 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Tripos extensus (Gourret) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2018
Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2018
Dinophysis ovum T.H.Abé, 1967 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2018
Tripos arietinus (Cleve) F.Gómez, 2021 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2018
Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca (Pouchet) J.Cachon & M.Cachon, 1968 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	7,466
Universiteit Antwerpen	7,104
Universiteit Gent	7,104
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	4,840
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	3,911
Duke University	3,657
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)	3,635
Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre Cetáceos	3,534
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	2,779
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science	2,775