North Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 15,650,804
Species level 13,472,498
Species 8,980
Taxa 13,565
Datasets 541
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 42,572
No WoRMS match 365,285
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 66,123
No accepted name available 268,702

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 10,910,957 4,013,244
eventDate 108,886 0
maximumDepthInMeters 7,322,943 0
minimumDepthInMeters 10,576,783 0
occurrenceStatus 386,687 0
scientificName 229 0
scientificNameID 415,923 22,796

Spatial issues

Records on land 784,260
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 14,707

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
831,122
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
648,540
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
606,099
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
540,040
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
486,333
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
463,103
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
443,074
Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
413,042
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
409,380
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
388,751

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Neodasys chaetonotoideus Remane, 1927
Phylum Gastrotricha
3 2023
Turbanella hyalina Schultze, 1853
Phylum Gastrotricha
11 2023
Helgicirrha cari (Haeckel, 1864)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2023
Melicertum octocostatum (M. Sars, 1835)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
2 2023
Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
1 2023
Synedra dissipata Kützing, 1844
Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae
6 2023
Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Pycnogonida
5 2023
Acartia (Acartiura) margalefi Alcaraz, 1976
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1 2023
Haematopus unicolor Forster, 1844
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
12 2023
Baltalimania macrospiriferum (Westblad, 1946)
Phylum Xenacoelomorpha
2 2023

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 9,640,309
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 6,527,277
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 1,872,489
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 1,872,489
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 1,872,489
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1,843,442
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 1,467,359
DNV 1,384,821
GBIF Norway 1,384,821
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics 986,905