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GBIF Taxonomic Comparison

To get a better understanding of the GBIF data, we examined the data at various taxonomic levels. By sorting the data by the number of occurrences, we found out that sea slugs (order: Nudibranchia) made up 40% of the GBIF observations. Human observations usually tend to photograph animals.

To find out how eDNA complements GBIF data, we looked at whether or not there was a eDNA match for each GBIF taxa. While eDNA and GBIF have a high match rate at the higher taxonomic levels (phylum, class, order), there is low match rate at lower taxonomic levels (genus and species).

GBIF unique species: 726

GBIF unique species with NCBI ID: 622

GBIF unique species with eDNA match: 48

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Orobanchaceae, Castilleja, Castilleja affinis GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Orobanchaceae, Castilleja, Castilleja affinis GBIF ID: 3170633 Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Orobanchaceae, Castilleja, Castilleja affinis GBIF ID: 7096080 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Phrymaceae, Diplacus, Diplacus aurantiacus GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Phrymaceae, Diplacus, Diplacus aurantiacus GBIF ID: 5414628 NCBI	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago coronopus GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago coronopus GBIF ID: 3189739 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago maritima GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago maritima GBIF ID: 3189755 Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago maritima GBIF ID: 4156345 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Scrophulariaceae, Myoporum, Myoporum laetum GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Scrophulariaceae, Myoporum, Myoporum laetum GBIF ID: 3172657 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Scrophulariaceae, Scrophularia, Scrophularia californica GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales, Scrophulariaceae, Scrophularia, Scrophularia californica GBIF ID: 3170868 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Malvales, Malvaceae, Sidalcea, Sidalcea malviflora GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Malvales, Malvaceae, Sidalcea, Sidalcea malviflora GBIF ID: 3152720 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Myrtales, Lythraceae, Lythrum, Lythrum salicaria GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Myrtales, Lythraceae, Lythrum, Lythrum salicaria GBIF ID: 3188736 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Myrtales, Onagraceae, Camissonia, Camissonia ovata GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Myrtales, Onagraceae, Camissonia, Camissonia ovata GBIF ID: 3188949 Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Myrtales, Onagraceae, Camissonia, Camissonia ovata GBIF ID: 3665332 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Oxalidales, Oxalidaceae, Oxalis, Oxalis pes-caprae GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Oxalidales, Oxalidaceae, Oxalis, Oxalis pes-caprae GBIF ID: 2891661 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Avena, Avena fatua GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Avena, Avena fatua GBIF ID: 2705297 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Cortaderia, Cortaderia jubata GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Cortaderia, Cortaderia jubata GBIF ID: 2704521 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Cortaderia, Cortaderia selloana GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Cortaderia, Cortaderia selloana GBIF ID: 2704523 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Distichlis, Distichlis spicata GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Distichlis, Distichlis spicata GBIF ID: 2704509 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Hordeum, Hordeum spontaneum GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Hordeum, Hordeum spontaneum GBIF ID: 2706075 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Polypogon, Polypogon monspeliensis GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Poales, Poaceae, Polypogon, Polypogon monspeliensis GBIF ID: 5289917 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Ranunculales, Papaveraceae, Eschscholzia, Eschscholzia californica GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Ranunculales, Papaveraceae, Eschscholzia, Eschscholzia californica GBIF ID: 2888380 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rhamnaceae, Frangula, Frangula californica GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rhamnaceae, Frangula, Frangula californica GBIF ID: 3039459 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rosaceae, Fragaria, Fragaria chiloensis GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rosaceae, Fragaria, Fragaria chiloensis GBIF ID: 7738624 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus ursinus GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Rosales, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus ursinus GBIF ID: 2990646 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Saxifragales, Crassulaceae, Dudleya, Dudleya farinosa GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Saxifragales, Crassulaceae, Dudleya, Dudleya farinosa GBIF ID: 2985888 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Solanales, Convolvulaceae, Convolvulus, Convolvulus arvensis GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Solanales, Convolvulaceae, Convolvulus, Convolvulus arvensis GBIF ID: 2928390 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida, Pinales, Cupressaceae, Cupressus, Cupressus macrocarpa GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida, Pinales, Cupressaceae, Cupressus, Cupressus macrocarpa GBIF ID: 2684070 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Cupressales, Cupressaceae, Hesperocyparis, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa NCBI ID: 76352, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida, Equisetales, Equisetaceae, Equisetum, Equisetum arvense GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Equisetopsida, Equisetales, Equisetaceae, Equisetum, Equisetum arvense GBIF ID: 7924597 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida, Polypodiales, Dennstaedtiaceae, Pteridium, Pteridium aquilinum GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida, Polypodiales, Dennstaedtiaceae, Pteridium, Pteridium aquilinum GBIF ID: 5275012 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Protozoa, Choanozoa, Choanoflagellatea, Craspedida, Mycosphaerellaceae, Ramularia, Ramularia endophylla GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Mycosphaerellales, Mycosphaerellaceae, Ramularia, Ramularia endophylla GBIF ID: 9169584 NCBI	1