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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 family: 357

GBIF unique family with NCBI ID: 342

GBIF unique family with eDNA match: 127

Taxon GBIF Occurences NCBI Match eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Corvidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Corvidae

GBIF ID: 5235

NCBI 		14
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Emberizidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae

GBIF ID: 9608

NCBI 		34
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Fringillidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae

GBIF ID: 5242

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Hirundinidae

GBIF ID: 5248

NCBI 		2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Icteridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Icteridae

GBIF ID: 6176

NCBI 		12
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Mimidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Mimidae

GBIF ID: 9321

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Muscicapidae

GBIF ID: 9322

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Paridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae

GBIF ID: 9327

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Parulidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Parulidae

GBIF ID: 5263

NCBI 		11
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Passeridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Passeridae

GBIF ID: 5264

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Regulidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Regulidae

GBIF ID: 5279

NCBI 		2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Sittidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sittidae

GBIF ID: 5283

NCBI 		2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Sturnidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Sturnidae

GBIF ID: 9350

NCBI 		7
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Troglodytidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Troglodytidae

GBIF ID: 9355

NCBI 		2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes, Tyrannidae

GBIF ID: 5291

NCBI 		19
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae

GBIF ID: 3685

NCBI 		131
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Pelecanidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Pelecanidae

GBIF ID: 9329

NCBI 		56
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Piciformes, Picidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Piciformes, Picidae

GBIF ID: 9333

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Podicipediformes, Podicipedidae

GBIF ID: 9338

NCBI 		56
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae

GBIF ID: 5238

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae

GBIF ID: 9339

NCBI 		6
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Serpentes, Natricidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Natricidae

GBIF ID: 5789707

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae

GBIF ID: 5268

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae

NCBI ID: 9206, CALeDNA page

48
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Sulidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Sulidae

GBIF ID: 9351

NCBI 		16
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae

GBIF ID: 2957

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae

NCBI ID: 461499, CALeDNA page

3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae

GBIF ID: 7178

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae

GBIF ID: 7187

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Blenniiformes, Gobiesocidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocidae

GBIF ID: 7668

NCBI 		21
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae

GBIF ID: 7332

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae

NCBI ID: 55118, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae

GBIF ID: 7334

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae

NCBI ID: 43062, CALeDNA page

3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae

GBIF ID: 3703

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae

NCBI ID: 8061, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lampridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Lampriformes, Lampridae

GBIF ID: 7673

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae

GBIF ID: 4220

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae

GBIF ID: 8476

NCBI 		5
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae

GBIF ID: 8480

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae

NCBI ID: 8012, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Aulorhynchidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gasterosteiformes, Aulorhynchidae

GBIF ID: 3705

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae

GBIF ID: 4261

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Blenniiformes, Clinidae

NCBI ID: 57768, CALeDNA page

8
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae

GBIF ID: 8621

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae

NCBI ID: 8092, CALeDNA page

80
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae

GBIF ID: 4269

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, --, Embiotocidae

NCBI ID: 50791, CALeDNA page

11
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae

GBIF ID: 4274

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Hexagrammidae

GBIF ID: 8626

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae

NCBI ID: 30983, CALeDNA page

9
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Pholidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Pholidae

GBIF ID: 8576

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Pholidae

NCBI ID: 56724, CALeDNA page

14
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Sciaenidae

GBIF ID: 5062

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, --, Sciaenidae

NCBI ID: 30870, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Scombridae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Scombridae

GBIF ID: 8596

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Sebastidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Sebastidae

GBIF ID: 8633

NCBI 		14
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Stichaeidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Stichaeidae

GBIF ID: 8598

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Stichaeidae

NCBI ID: 30892, CALeDNA page

25
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae

GBIF ID: 5082

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae

NCBI ID: 171414, CALeDNA page

3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae

GBIF ID: 8611

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae

NCBI ID: 8256, CALeDNA page

3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Syngnathiformes, Syngnathidae

GBIF

Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Syngnathiformes, Syngnathidae

GBIF ID: 5901

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae

GBIF

Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae

GBIF ID: 5688

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae

NCBI ID: 42822, CALeDNA page

812