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Statistics

Occurrence records 40,313
Species level 22,401
Species 3,516
Taxa 4,718
Datasets 128
Time range 1758 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 25
No WoRMS match 1,187
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 796
No accepted name available 222

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 36,788 1,210
eventDate 10,618 0
maximumDepthInMeters 35,995 3
minimumDepthInMeters 28,736 0
occurrenceStatus 26,055 0
scientificName 242 0
scientificNameID 9,955 68

Spatial issues

Records on land 770
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 217

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

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Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria 		1,574
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria 		1,148
Bacteria
1,129
Proteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria 		664
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Phylum Cyanobacteria 		513
Deferribacteres Garrity & Holt, 2002
Phylum Deferribacteres 		481
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		457
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		425
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		396
Deltaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria 		363

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Palaemonella jamila Anker & Benzoni, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2023
Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Enosteoides habibi Anker & Benzoni, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2022
Bathypathes thermophila Chimienti, 2022
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		5 2020
Discias forsskali Anker, 2023
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca 		1 2020
Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa 		1 2019
Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa 		1 2019
Syracosphaera winteri Keuter, Koplovitz, Zingone, J.R.Young & Frada, 2021
Phylum Haptophyta > Class Coccolithophyceae 		1 2017
Eunice vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta 		1 2016
Lamarcka ventricosa (Lamarck, 1819)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia 		3 2016

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