Central Arctic

Statistics

Occurrence records 98,344
Species level 49,834
Species 828
Taxa 1,719
Datasets 81
Time range 1869 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 84
No WoRMS match 2,459
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,018
No accepted name available 1,923

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 104,170 156
eventDate 37,526 0
maximumDepthInMeters 21,394 8,181
minimumDepthInMeters 15,876 1,824
occurrenceStatus 29,506 0
scientificNameID 14,164 3,045

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 17,023

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,802
Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,491
Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,275
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,695
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,371
Tetractinellida Marshall, 1876
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1,940
Apomatus Philippi, 1844
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
1,822
Bacteria
1,820
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
1,800
Bythocaris G.O. Sars, 1870
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1,707

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2021
Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2021
Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2019
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2019
Gadus chalcogrammus Pallas, 1814
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2019
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
8 2013
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1 2010
Proceroecia vityazi (Rudjakov, 1962)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda
1 2006
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
16 2005
Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
74 2005