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White Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	154,049
Species level	138,031
Species	959
Taxa	1,103
Datasets	40
Time range	1824 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	304
No WoRMS match	902
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	805
No accepted name available	1,427

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	150,619	3
eventDate	6,260	0
maximumDepthInMeters	14,364	0
minimumDepthInMeters	16,763	0
occurrenceStatus	18,193	0
scientificNameID	5,890	887

Spatial issues

Records on land	611
More than 20 km from shore	150
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	52,956

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	112,554
WhiteSeaPlankton Published 2023-01-25	12,046
Phytoplankton from the White Sea, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and Arctic Basin 1993-2003 Published 2019-09-04	9,251
Benthos of the White Sea - A database Published 2025-03-20	7,762
Zooplankton Abundancies White Sea, 1972 Published 2019-08-26	5,123
O_VLIELAND - Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus, Haematopodidae) breeding and wintering on Vlieland (the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	4,627
Arctic benthic invertebrate collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Published 2019-10-01	659
HMAP Dataset 09: North Russian Salmon Catch Data, 1615-1937 Published 2025-03-20	652
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	342
ZINRAS_Arctic_Benthos Published 2019-08-26	284

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
Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	21,146
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	16,189
Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	12,568
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	11,665
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	9,120
Triconia borealis (Sars G.O., 1918) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7,815
Temora longicornis (Müller O.F., 1785) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7,521
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	5,520
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4,627
Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873) Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	4,568

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Leucosolenia creepae Lavrov, Ekimova, Schepetov, Koinova & Ereskovsky, 2023 Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea	2	2018
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4,627	2017
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2010
Monoculodes latimanus (Goës, 1866) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2009
Polydora ciliata (Johnston, 1838) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2009
Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin, 1791) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2009
Paroediceros intermedius Stebbing, 1906 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2008
Halice abyssi Boeck, 1871 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2008
Clitellio (Clitellio) arenarius (Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata	2	2008
Rostroculodes schneideri (G.O. Sars, 1895) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2008

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	112,554
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	112,554
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	27,366
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	7,849
Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute of RAS White Sea Biological Station	7,762
Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute; White Sea Biological Station	7,762
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	4,627
James Cook University, Townsville	4,627
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	4,627
Radboud University	4,627