Iberian Coastal

Statistics

Occurrence records 603,539
Species level 463,441
Species 4,764
Taxa 6,372
Datasets 254
Time range 1723 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 6,528
No WoRMS match 16,436
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 13,559
No accepted name available 99,713

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,234,822 18,728
eventDate 6,295 0
maximumDepthInMeters 325,921 60
minimumDepthInMeters 316,964 64
occurrenceStatus 2,451 0
scientificName 34 0
scientificNameID 15,641 3,728

Spatial issues

Records on land 44,375
More than 20 km from shore 2,231
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 60,393

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
99,483
Morus bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
62,277
Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
23,750
Trachurus trachurus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
18,948
Larus michahellis J.F. Naumann, 1840
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
12,089
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
11,019
Dinoflagellata
Phylum Myzozoa
7,974
Animalia
7,118
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
6,518
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
6,010

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Oblada melanurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2022
Polybius holsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2022
Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii
2 2021
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Dicentrarchus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Pagrus auriga Valenciennes, 1843
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2021
Spongia maitasuna Grenier & Pérez, 2023
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2021

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 345,374
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 139,242
Instituto Español de Oceanografía 129,930
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 109,258
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 82,147
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 82,147
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 82,147
Universiteit Gent 77,606
Universiteit Antwerpen 75,038
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics 65,979