Norwegian Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 923,710
Species level 730,831
Species 3,255
Taxa 5,125
Datasets 164
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 1,707
No WoRMS match 10,381
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 5,314
No accepted name available 6,346

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 811,387 9,418
eventDate 106,690 0
maximumDepthInMeters 236,414 40
minimumDepthInMeters 190,718 47
occurrenceStatus 4,825 0
scientificName 12 0
scientificNameID 15,707 3,988

Spatial issues

Records on land 33,141
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 6,329

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
18,875
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
17,132
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
15,150
Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
12,555
Nephtys hystricis McIntosh, 1900
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
10,295
Abra longicallus (Scacchi, 1835)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
9,692
Paradiopatra quadricuspis (M. Sars in G.O. Sars, 1872)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
8,932
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
8,650
Amythasides macroglossus Eliason, 1955
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
8,433
Entalina tetragona (Brocchi, 1814)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Scaphopoda
8,209

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
1 2024
Gymnammodytes semisquamatus (Jourdain, 1879)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Hyperoplus immaculatus (Corbin, 1950)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2023
Pomatoschistus pictus (Malm, 1865)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Syngnathus typhle Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
4 2023
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Lampanyctus crocodilus (Risso, 1810)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Lycodes luetkenii Collett, 1880
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Siboglinum fiordicum Webb, 1963
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
102 2021

Data providers

Name Records
DNV 499,256
GBIF Norway 499,256
Institute of Marine Research 184,543
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 151,641
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 99,259
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 32,324
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 30,495
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 24,701
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 16,651
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 16,651