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Statistics

Occurrence records 2,746,976
Species level 2,304,669
Species 5,411
Taxa 7,272
Datasets 328
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 2,785
No WoRMS match 18,498
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 5,144
No accepted name available 35,308

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 2,235,167 490,326
eventDate 39,858 0
maximumDepthInMeters 646,455 170
minimumDepthInMeters 1,064,010 41
occurrenceStatus 31,713 0
scientificName 132 0
scientificNameID 27,541 5,421

Spatial issues

Records on land 23,158
More than 20 km from shore 3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 5,891

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Danish benthic marine monitoring data from ODAM
Published 2025-03-20
947,929
ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2023-03-09
399,849
ICES Baltic International Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2025-03-20
371,954
The CPR Survey
Published 2025-03-20
167,599
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2025-03-20
145,037
ICES contaminants and biological effects
Published 2025-03-20
72,374
ICES Phytoplankton Community dataset
Published 2025-03-20
71,874
ICES Zoobenthos Community dataset
Published 2025-03-20
71,782
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database
Published 2021-04-24
46,078
ICES Beam Trawl Survey for commercial fish species
Published 2023-03-09
43,248

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
Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
129,544
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
121,551
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
119,821
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
93,167
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
88,498
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
82,660
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
56,575
Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
48,575
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
39,246
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776)
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
36,828

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
41 2023
Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
6 2023
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse, 1797
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
3 2023
Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943
Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta
5 2023
Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
13 2023
Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2023
Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
3 2023
Alcyonidium verrilli Osburn, 1912
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
3 2023
Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
3 2023
Haminella solitaria (Say, 1822)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
26 2023

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 1,502,152
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 1,309,557
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience 956,023
University of Aarhus; Department of Bioscience 947,929
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 202,772
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 185,369
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 145,037
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 145,037
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 145,037
Duke University 63,952