ABNJ: Arctic Ocean

Statistics

Occurrence records 119,922
Species level 64,486
Species 1,055
Taxa 2,100
Datasets 128
Time range 1876 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 79
No WoRMS match 7,144
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,173
No accepted name available 2,603

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 129,525 349
eventDate 36,031 0
maximumDepthInMeters 34,641 8,922
minimumDepthInMeters 19,878 2,161
occurrenceStatus 25,274 0
scientificNameID 14,320 4,817

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 19,895

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
4,291
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,975
Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,870
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,402
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
3,084
Chaetognatha
Phylum Chaetognatha
2,371
Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
2,065
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda
2,048
Tetractinellida Marshall, 1876
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
1,940
Bacteria
1,890

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2023
Lampanyctus macdonaldi (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
4 2022
Protomyctophum arcticum (Lütken, 1892)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2021
Desmosoma lineare G. O. Sars, 1864
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2020
Desmosoma strombergi Svavarsson, 1988
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2020
Eugerdella hessleri Just, 1980
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
3 2020
Oecidiobranchus plebejum (Hansen, 1916)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
3 2020
Ilyarachna hirticeps G. O. Sars, 1870
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2020
Heteromesus dentatus Hansen, 1916
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2020
Halirages spongiae Lörz, Nack & Tandberg in Lörz, Nack,Tandberg, Brix & Schwentner, 2024
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2020