Iceland Shelf and Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Iceland Shelf and Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	80,784
Species level	66,233
Species	1,236
Taxa	1,622
Datasets	145
Time range	1753 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	18
No WoRMS match	1,141
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	144
No accepted name available	1,451

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	67,597	2,263
eventDate	6,162	0
maximumDepthInMeters	57,167	2
minimumDepthInMeters	52,672	3
occurrenceStatus	2,877	0
scientificName	39	0
scientificNameID	1,050	457

Spatial issues

Records on land	294
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	283

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	19,623
HMAP Dataset 04: World Whaling Published 2025-03-20	15,812
ICES contaminants and biological effects Published 2025-03-20	6,360
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Arctic Ocean Published 2025-03-17	6,246
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	4,205
ICES Historical Plankton Dataset Published 2025-03-20	2,487
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Atlantic Ocean Published 2025-03-17	2,444
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database Published 2021-04-24	2,238
Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine Published 2019-08-26	1,953
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	1,843

Distribution

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

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
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	10,334
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	9,208
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4,452
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3,234
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3,114
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2,766
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,553
Euphausiacea Dana, 1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1,984
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1,934
Calanus Leach, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1,729

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2023
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2021
Austroniscus norbi Svavarsson, 1982 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Nannoniscus reticulatus Hansen, 1916 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2020
Pseudomesus brevicornis Hansen, 1916 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Astacilla intermedia (Goodsir, 1841) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Saduria entomon (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2020
Gracilimesus tenuispinis (Hansen, 1916) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Ischnomesus profundus Hansen, 1916 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Pleurogonium latimanum Hansen, 1916 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2020

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	42,717
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	22,110
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	20,134
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative	17,078
World Whaling History	15,812
The University of Dublin, Trinity College	15,812
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	13,900
Duke University	12,630
Happywhale	9,010
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape	4,205