Canadian Eastern Arctic - West Greenland - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Canadian Eastern Arctic - West Greenland

Statistics

Occurrence records	228,724
Species level	174,819
Species	1,859
Taxa	2,686
Datasets	147
Time range	1800 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	25
No WoRMS match	2,503
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	419
No accepted name available	760

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	192,629	28
eventDate	20,447	0
maximumDepthInMeters	136,923	47
minimumDepthInMeters	136,928	47
occurrenceStatus	38,237	0
scientificName	55	0
scientificNameID	68,564	2,110

Spatial issues

Records on land	2,145
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5,633

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
DFO Central and Arctic Multi-species Stock Assessment Surveys Published 2022-03-29	60,730
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	37,979
Database of the Distributions of Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada Published 2019-08-29	35,398
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	28,691
Disko Fan Conservation Area in the Davis Strait (Eastern Arctic) - Epibenthic Megafauna Database Published 2019-08-26	9,594
BioChem: Sameoto zooplankton collection Published 2021-02-02	4,923
BioChem: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton Published 2022-03-22	4,199
Biodiversity of benthic assemblages on the Arctic continental shelf: historical data from Canada (1955 to 1977) Published 2021-06-08	4,168
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	3,856
BioChem: Copepod distribution in Resolute Passage, 1983-1989 Published	3,428

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
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	23,142
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10,783
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	9,785
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9,200
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	9,126
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8,474
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	4,420
Macrourus berglax Lacepède, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3,511
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2,929
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,872

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Allantactis parasitica Danielssen, 1890 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2022
Stereomastis nana (Smith, 1884) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2022
Tylaster willei Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	2	2022
Elpidia glacialis Théel, 1876 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	1	2022
Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Asconema foliatum (Fristedt, 1887) Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2022
Leucopleurus acutus (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2020
Artemisina arcigera (Schmidt, 1870) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	2019
Gracilechinus alexandri (Danielssen & Koren, 1883) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2019
Anser caerulescens Brisson, 1760 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Bedford Institute of Oceanography	81,119
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	66,670
Freshwater Institute (DFO – FWI), Fisheries and Oceans Canada	60,730
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	45,631
Duke University	38,887
Duke University Marine Laboratory	37,979
Canadian Museum of Nature, Research & Collections	36,222
Fisheries and Oceans Canada	35,463
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	28,691
Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada	9,594