Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,438,502
Species level	1,222,209
Species	3,641
Taxa	5,337
Datasets	124
Time range	1776 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	109
No WoRMS match	1,844
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1,031
No accepted name available	4,511

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,010,301	244,481
eventDate	6,185	0
maximumDepthInMeters	811,104	0
minimumDepthInMeters	957,059	0
occurrenceStatus	329	0
scientificName	11	0
scientificNameID	1,956	198

Spatial issues

Records on land	11,620
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	28,967

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) Published 2025-03-20	227,265
Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by NatureScot Published 2025-03-20	147,177
Scottish West Coast Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	125,277
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	123,353
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database Published 2021-04-24	118,381
The UK Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data Published 2025-03-20	115,007
Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by SeaSearch Published 2025-03-20	108,249
Marine Recorder Snapshot extract of surveys entered by JNCC Published 2025-03-20	104,228
Scottish West Coast Groundfish Survey Published 2025-03-20	72,310
Irish Ground Fish Survey for commercial fish species Published 2025-03-20	56,878

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
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	50,369
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	47,263
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	28,628
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	28,214
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	25,591
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	24,870
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	23,528
Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	22,234
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14,723
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	14,245

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Dosima fascicularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	1	2020
Processa modica Williamson <i>in</i> Williamson & Rochanaburanon, 1979 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Colus islandicus (Mohr, 1786) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2020
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2020
Solen marginatus Pulteney, 1799 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2020
Ulva fenestrata Postels & Ruprecht, 1840 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	2	2020
Cycloporus papillosus (Sars, 1878) Phylum Platyhelminthes	2	2019
Asterocarpa humilis (Heller, 1878) Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	3	2019
Dipturus intermedius (Parnell, 1837) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	46	2019
Symphyocladiella parasitica (Hudson) D.Bustamante, B.Y.Won, S.C.Lindstrom & T.O.Cho, 2019 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	874,328
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	571,281
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	394,033
National Museums of Northern Ireland	227,265
Joint Nature Conservation Committee	226,318
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape	123,353
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre	123,353
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	123,353
Duke University	121,343
Seasearch	108,254