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Statistics

Occurrence records 304,300
Species level 130,996
Species 6,654
Taxa 9,091
Datasets 196
Time range 1743 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 159
No WoRMS match 6,212
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 3,065
No accepted name available 19,053

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 298,421 4,729
eventDate 38,311 0
maximumDepthInMeters 116,548 337
minimumDepthInMeters 79,401 333
occurrenceStatus 51,679 0
scientificName 217 0
scientificNameID 12,978 2,080

Spatial issues

Records on land 215
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 1,519

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		13,950
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		12,141
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		9,303
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea 		8,183
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia 		6,476
Corycaeus Dana, 1849
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda 		5,189
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda 		5,127
Animalia
4,089
Polychaeta Grube, 1850
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		3,940
Bacteria
3,664

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		23 2023
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960
Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae 		13 2023
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		20 2023
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		12 2023
Abudefduf notatus (Day, 1870)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		10 2023
Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1854)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		13 2023
Plicomugil labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		45 2023
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		10 2023
Pelagomonas calceolata R.A.Andersen & G.Saunders, 1993
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Pelagophyceae 		11 2023
Bellerochea polymorpha Hargraves & Guillard, 1974
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae 		16 2023

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