High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment

High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment

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Statistics

Occurrence records	18,276
Species level	16,538
Species	1,237
Taxa	1,551
Datasets	5
Time range	1990 - 2008

Data quality

Dropped records

Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	130
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	24
No accepted name available	53

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	18,407	0
eventDate	4	0
maximumDepthInMeters	18,407	0
minimumDepthInMeters	8,734	0
scientificNameID	2	128

Spatial issues

Records on land	306
More than 20 km from shore	3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	453

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Offshore ref. stations, North/Norwegian sea Published 2024-12-12	7,933
Marine species recorded in Ireland during field surveys by EcoServe, Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd. Published 2024-12-12	5,915
Benthic fauna around Franz Josef Land Published 2024-12-12	1,703
Benthic Fauna in the Barents Sea Published 2024-12-12	1,410
Benthic fauna in the Pechora Sea Published 2024-12-12	1,315

Distribution

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Galathowenia oculata (Zachs, 1923) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	284
Amphiura filiformis (O.F. Müller, 1776) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	279
Scoloplos armiger (Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	267
Goniada maculata Örsted, 1843 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	247
Eudorellopsis deformis (Krøyer, 1846) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	235
Pholoe inornata Johnston, 1839 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	227
Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	211
Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	209
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	208
Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje, 1844 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	188