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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 genus: 563

GBIF unique genus with NCBI ID: 538

GBIF unique genus with eDNA match: 93

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea GBIF ID: 2222876 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea NCBI ID: 177237, CALeDNA page	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus GBIF ID: 2225808 NCBI	63
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Cancer GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Cancer GBIF ID: 2204488 NCBI	54
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus GBIF ID: 4644227 NCBI	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon GBIF ID: 3254289 NCBI	86
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae, Pleuroncodes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae, Pleuroncodes GBIF ID: 2222706 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae, Emerita GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae, Emerita GBIF ID: 2225695 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus GBIF ID: 2226436 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Spirontocaris GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Spirontocaris GBIF ID: 2226295 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae, Lopholithodes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae, Lopholithodes GBIF ID: 2224373 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia GBIF ID: 2226670 NCBI	118
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus GBIF ID: 2224189 NCBI	38
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Phimochirus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Phimochirus GBIF ID: 2224135 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Pachycheles GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Pachycheles GBIF ID: 2222722 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes GBIF ID: 2222708 NCBI	25
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus GBIF ID: 2225769 NCBI	23
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae, Idarcturus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae, Idarcturus GBIF ID: 2199219 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Idotea GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Idotea GBIF ID: 2201390 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea GBIF ID: 2204871 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Ligiidae, Ligia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Ligiidae, Ligia GBIF ID: 2201501 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Lepadiformes, Lepadidae, Lepas GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Lepadidae, Lepas GBIF ID: 2113849 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes GBIF ID: 2113806 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes NCBI ID: 36136, CALeDNA page	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Archaeobalanidae, Semibalanus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Archaeobalanidae, Semibalanus GBIF ID: 2115783 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus GBIF ID: 2115691 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus NCBI ID: 6677, CALeDNA page	26
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Megabalanus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Megabalanus GBIF ID: 3255395 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Chthamalidae, Chthamalus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Chthamalidae, Chthamalus GBIF ID: 2115612 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Chthamalidae, Chthamalus NCBI ID: 37898, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita GBIF ID: 2115805 NCBI	100
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Ammotheidae, Ammothea GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Ammotheidae, Ammothea GBIF ID: 2118547 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Pycnogonidae, Pycnogonum GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Pycnogonidae, Pycnogonum GBIF ID: 2117211 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Eurystomellidae, Integripelta GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Eurystomellidae, Integripelta GBIF ID: 1009895 NCBI	30
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Membraniporidae, Membranipora GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Membraniporidae, Membranipora GBIF ID: 1006457 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Watersiporidae, Watersipora GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Watersiporidae, Watersipora GBIF ID: 1005669 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodon GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodon GBIF ID: 2432019 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae, Batrachoseps GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae, Batrachoseps GBIF ID: 2431747 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona, Holozoidae, Distaplia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Aplousobranchia, Holozoidae, Distaplia GBIF ID: 2331247 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona, Clavelinidae, Distaplia NCBI ID: 322838, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona, Polyclinidae, Aplidium GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Aplousobranchia, Polyclinidae, Aplidium GBIF ID: 2330825 NCBI	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona, Polyclinidae, Synoicum GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Aplousobranchia, Polyclinidae, Synoicum GBIF ID: 2331062 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Pyuridae, Boltenia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Pyuridae, Boltenia GBIF ID: 2331621 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Styelidae, Botrylloides GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Styelidae, Botrylloides GBIF ID: 2332017 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Styelidae, Botryllus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Styelidae, Botryllus GBIF ID: 2332068 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Styelidae, Cnemidocarpa GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Styelidae, Cnemidocarpa GBIF ID: 2332284 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Styelidae, Cnemidocarpa NCBI ID: 30292, CALeDNA page	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona, Styelidae, Styela GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia, Styelidae, Styela GBIF ID: 2331924 NCBI	16
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae, Triakis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae, Triakis GBIF ID: 2418368 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Triakidae, Triakis NCBI ID: 7840, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae, Myliobatis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae, Myliobatis GBIF ID: 2419290 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatidae, Myliobatis NCBI ID: 55137, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Rajidae, Raja GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Rajidae, Raja GBIF ID: 2342057 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes, Rhinobatidae, Platyrhinoidis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae, Platyrhinoidis GBIF ID: 2418957 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes, Chimaeridae, Hydrolagus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes, Chimaeridae, Hydrolagus GBIF ID: 2417351 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Vulpes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae, Vulpes GBIF ID: 5219234 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Enhydra GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Enhydra GBIF ID: 2433669 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Enhydra NCBI ID: 34881, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Mustela GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Mustela GBIF ID: 2433922 NCBI	2