Denmark: North Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 947,007
Species level 798,921
Species 2,126
Taxa 3,239
Datasets 110
Time range 1753 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 655
No WoRMS match 2,111
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 983
No accepted name available 15,042

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 563,231 363,951
eventDate 5,118 0
maximumDepthInMeters 248,561 0
minimumDepthInMeters 595,536 0
occurrenceStatus 159 0
scientificNameID 1,461 895

Spatial issues

Records on land 7,467
More than 20 km from shore 2
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 461

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
83,638
Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
49,467
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
48,576
Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
39,045
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
36,322
Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
24,457
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
21,479
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
20,083
Eutrigla gurnardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
19,214
Sprattus sprattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
17,589

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Ampithoe rubricata (Montagu, 1808)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2024
Gonothyraea loveni (Allman, 1859)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
34 2023
Hartlaubella gelatinosa (Pallas, 1766)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
9 2023
Pseudione borealis Caspers, 1939
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
7 2023
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
41 2023
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
8 2023
Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
6 2023
Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
17 2023
Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
13 2023
Acartia (Acanthacartia) bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
11 2023

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 576,215
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 536,713
University of Aarhus; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Department of Ecoscience 245,772
University of Aarhus; Department of Bioscience 240,448
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science 101,406
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98,892
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape 55,578
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre 55,578
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek 55,578
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 16,624