Pillar Point

eDNA and GBIF Common Taxa

We took the taxa that are found both GBIF and eDNA, and plotted the occurrences on a map. This let us examine the differences in occurrence patterns that are revealed from each data type. Dots are GBIF data, drop pins are eDNA data.

  1. Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta
    (polychaetes)
  2. Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida
    (arachnids)
  3. Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta
    (true insects)
  4. Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca
  5. Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda
  6. Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida
    (sea spiders)
  7. Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata
  8. Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea
    (sea squirts)
  9. Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii
    (elasmobranchs)
  10. Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia
    (mammals)
  11. Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia
  12. Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei
    (teleost fishes)
  13. Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa
    (anthozoans)
  14. Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa
    (hydrozoans)
  15. Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa
    (jellyfishes)
  16. Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea
    (starfishes, starfish, sea stars)
  17. Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea
    (sea urchins)
  18. Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea
    (sea cucumbers, holothurians)
  19. Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia
    (bivalves)
  20. Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda
    (cephalopods)
  21. Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda
    (gastropods)
  22. Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora
    (chitons)
  23. Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla
  24. Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla
  25. Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Paleonemertea
  26. Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea
  27. Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea
  28. Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae
  29. Eukaryota, Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea
  30. Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae
    (brown algae)
  31. Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes
  32. Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes
  33. Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae
  34. Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Bangiophyceae
  35. Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Compsopogonophyceae
  36. Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae
  37. Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida
  38. Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida
  39. Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida
  40. Eukaryota, Protozoa, Choanozoa, Choanoflagellatea

Taxon:

Areas of interest
  • red: Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA)
  • blue: unprotected tidal pools
  • orange: unprotected embayment
Markers
  • pin icons: eDNA sites
  • circles: GBIF occurrences