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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, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae, Lophopanopeus, Lophopanopeus bellus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae, Lophopanopeus, Lophopanopeus bellus GBIF ID: 2227680 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea, Neotrypaea californiensis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea, Neotrypaea californiensis GBIF ID: 2222882 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae, Neotrypaea, Neotrypaea californiensis NCBI ID: 177238, CALeDNA page	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus, Pachygrapsus crassipes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus, Pachygrapsus crassipes GBIF ID: 2225812 NCBI	63
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Cancer, Cancer productus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Cancer, Cancer productus GBIF ID: 2222079 NCBI	54
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus, Metacarcinus gracilis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus, Metacarcinus gracilis GBIF ID: 5863761 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus, Metacarcinus magister GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Metacarcinus, Metacarcinus magister GBIF ID: 5863764 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon, Romaleon antennarium GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon, Romaleon antennarium GBIF ID: 5970317 NCBI	85
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon, Romaleon jordani GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon, Romaleon jordani GBIF ID: 5970316 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae, Pleuroncodes, Pleuroncodes planipes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae, Pleuroncodes, Pleuroncodes planipes GBIF ID: 2222707 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae, Emerita, Emerita analoga GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae, Emerita, Emerita analoga GBIF ID: 2225698 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus, Heptacarpus brevirostris GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus, Heptacarpus brevirostris GBIF ID: 2226466 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus, Heptacarpus sitchensis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Heptacarpus, Heptacarpus sitchensis GBIF ID: 2226455 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Spirontocaris, Spirontocaris prionota GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae, Spirontocaris, Spirontocaris prionota GBIF ID: 2226314 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae, Lopholithodes, Lopholithodes foraminatus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae, Lopholithodes, Lopholithodes foraminatus GBIF ID: 2224375 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia gracilis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia gracilis GBIF ID: 2226673 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia producta GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia producta GBIF ID: 2226672 NCBI	105
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia richii GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia, Pugettia richii GBIF ID: 2226675 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus granosimanus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus granosimanus GBIF ID: 2224248 NCBI	24
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus hirsutiusculus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus hirsutiusculus GBIF ID: 2224219 NCBI	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus samuelis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Pagurus, Pagurus samuelis GBIF ID: 2224230 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Phimochirus, Phimochirus californiensis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae, Phimochirus, Phimochirus californiensis GBIF ID: 2224142 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Pachycheles, Pachycheles rudis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Pachycheles, Pachycheles rudis GBIF ID: 2222724 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes cinctipes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes cinctipes GBIF ID: 2222718 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes eriomerus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes eriomerus GBIF ID: 2222713 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes manimaculis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae, Petrolisthes, Petrolisthes manimaculis GBIF ID: 2222715 NCBI	17
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus, Hemigrapsus nudus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus, Hemigrapsus nudus GBIF ID: 2225773 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus, Hemigrapsus oregonensis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae, Hemigrapsus, Hemigrapsus oregonensis GBIF ID: 2225774 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae, Idarcturus, Idarcturus hedgpethi GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae, Idarcturus, Idarcturus hedgpethi GBIF ID: 2199220 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Idotea, Idotea urotoma GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Idotea, Idotea urotoma GBIF ID: 5176223 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea, Pentidotea stenops GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea, Pentidotea stenops GBIF ID: 5176292 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea, Pentidotea wosnesenskii GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Idoteidae, Pentidotea, Pentidotea wosnesenskii GBIF ID: 2204885 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Ligiidae, Ligia, Ligia occidentalis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Ligiidae, Ligia, Ligia occidentalis GBIF ID: 5175619 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Lepadiformes, Lepadidae, Lepas, Lepas fascicularis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Lepadidae, Lepas, Lepas fascicularis GBIF ID: 2113862 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Lepadiformes, Lepadidae, Lepas, Lepas pacifica GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Lepadidae, Lepas, Lepas pacifica GBIF ID: 5166340 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes, Pollicipes polymerus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes, Pollicipes polymerus GBIF ID: 2113807 NCBI	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Archaeobalanidae, Semibalanus, Semibalanus cariosus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Archaeobalanidae, Semibalanus, Semibalanus cariosus GBIF ID: 2115787 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus aquila GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus aquila GBIF ID: 2115689 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus glandula GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus glandula GBIF ID: 2115706 NCBI	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus nubilus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Balanus, Balanus nubilus GBIF ID: 2115695 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Megabalanus, Megabalanus californicus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Balanidae, Megabalanus, Megabalanus californicus GBIF ID: 5166486 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Chthamalidae, Chthamalus, Chthamalus dalli GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Chthamalidae, Chthamalus, Chthamalus dalli GBIF ID: 2115614 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita, Tetraclita rubescens GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita, Tetraclita rubescens GBIF ID: 2115806 NCBI	100
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Ammotheidae, Ammothea, Ammothea hilgendorfi GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Ammotheidae, Ammothea, Ammothea hilgendorfi GBIF ID: 5166760 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Pycnogonidae, Pycnogonum, Pycnogonum stearnsi GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda, Pycnogonidae, Pycnogonum, Pycnogonum stearnsi GBIF ID: 2117238 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Eurystomellidae, Integripelta, Integripelta bilabiata GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Eurystomellidae, Integripelta, Integripelta bilabiata GBIF ID: 1009898 NCBI	30
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Membraniporidae, Membranipora, Membranipora membranacea GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Membraniporidae, Membranipora, Membranipora membranacea GBIF ID: 1007770 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Watersiporidae, Watersipora, Watersipora cucullata GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Watersiporidae, Watersipora, Watersipora cucullata GBIF ID: 1005675 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata, Watersiporidae, Watersipora, Watersipora subtorquata GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida, Watersiporidae, Watersipora, Watersipora subtorquata GBIF ID: 1005677 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodon, Dicamptodon ensatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodon, Dicamptodon ensatus GBIF ID: 2432020 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae, Batrachoseps, Batrachoseps attenuatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae, Batrachoseps, Batrachoseps attenuatus GBIF ID: 2431750 NCBI	7