Canadian High Arctic - North Greenland - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Canadian High Arctic - North Greenland

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,298
Species level	5,522
Species	262
Taxa	338
Datasets	38
Time range	1855 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	137
No WoRMS match	357
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	48
No accepted name available	310

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,492	0
eventDate	3,749	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,720	35
minimumDepthInMeters	1,685	2
occurrenceStatus	3,306	0
scientificNameID	2,578	80

Spatial issues

Records on land	22
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,090

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Laptev Sea and Nansen Basin Zooplankton, 1993 Published 2019-08-26	2,079
McGill University: Depth distributions of benthic polychaetes in two fjords on Ellesmere Island, NWT. Published 2021-04-16	1,845
Benthic Foraminifera Collected in the Canadian Arctic During the 1966 Field Season Published 2021-03-16	884
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	632
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	287
Archives of the Arctic Seas Zooplankton Published 2019-09-03	145
Database of the Distributions of Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada Published 2019-08-29	125
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	84
Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection Published 2025-03-10	41
Arctic Marine Fish Museum Specimens Published 2019-08-26	33

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
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	286
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	260
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	244
Aglaophamus malmgreni (Théel, 1879) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	241
Lumbrineris minuta (Théel, 1879) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	193
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	161
Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	144
Pholoe minuta (Fabricius, 1780) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	142
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	136
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	135

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2019
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2019
Larus glaucoides Meyer, 1822 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2019
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5	2019
Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2019
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben, 1777) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2019
Buccinum cyaneum Bruguière, 1789 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2008
Mya truncata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2008
Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker, 1861 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2008
Apherusa glacialis (Hansen, 1888) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2002

Data providers

Name	Records
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Bedford Institute of Oceanography	2,731
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans	2,262
McGill University	1,845
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	919
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	632
Duke University	288
Duke University Marine Laboratory	287
Canadian Museum of Nature, Research & Collections	166
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	145
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna.	131