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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, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Halcampidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Halcampidae GBIF ID: 5131 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Metridiidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Metridiidae GBIF ID: 9214 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae GBIF ID: 3933 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae NCBI ID: 40678, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia, Corallimorphidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia, Corallimorphidae GBIF ID: 8181 NCBI	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae GBIF ID: 8186 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae NCBI ID: 44299, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae GBIF ID: 8182 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae NCBI ID: 6077, CALeDNA page	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Eudendriidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Eudendriidae GBIF ID: 8192 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Eudendriidae NCBI ID: 168736, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Hydractiniidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Hydractiniidae GBIF ID: 3976 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Hydractiniidae NCBI ID: 6094, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Porpitidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Porpitidae GBIF ID: 9240 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Porpitidae NCBI ID: 168781, CALeDNA page	18
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Stylasteridae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Stylasteridae GBIF ID: 3363 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Stylasteridae NCBI ID: 51112, CALeDNA page	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae GBIF ID: 7312 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae NCBI ID: 37517, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptothecata, Aglaopheniidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptothecata, Aglaopheniidae GBIF ID: 8156 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptothecata, Aglaopheniidae NCBI ID: 308582, CALeDNA page	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae, Pelagiidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae, Pelagiidae GBIF ID: 9247 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae, Pelagiidae NCBI ID: 6146, CALeDNA page	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae, Ulmaridae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae, Ulmaridae GBIF ID: 7311 NCBI	16
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae GBIF ID: 6009 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae NCBI ID: 7600, CALeDNA page	749
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae GBIF ID: 5541 NCBI	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae GBIF ID: 9479 NCBI	107
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae GBIF ID: 5544 NCBI	289
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Ophidiasteridae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Ophidiasteridae GBIF ID: 5779 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae GBIF ID: 9524 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Echinoida, Strongylocentrotidae NCBI ID: 31181, CALeDNA page	238
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida, Dendrasteridae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida, Dendrasteridae GBIF ID: 9516 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Apodida, Synaptidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Apodida, Synaptidae GBIF ID: 5616 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae GBIF ID: 6184 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae NCBI ID: 36325, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Psolidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Psolidae GBIF ID: 9551 NCBI	34
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida, Sclerodactylidae GBIF ID: 5618 NCBI	18
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida, Amphiuridae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Amphiuridae GBIF ID: 5680 NCBI	20
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida, Ophiopholidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Ophiopholidae GBIF ID: 9795513 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida, Ophiotrichidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Ophiotrichidae GBIF ID: 3249433 NCBI	62
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Carditida, Carditidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Carditida, Carditidae GBIF ID: 3459 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Myida, Myidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Myida, Myidae GBIF ID: 6881 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Myida, Pholadidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Myida, Pholadidae GBIF ID: 3477 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae GBIF ID: 3476 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytiloida, Mytilidae NCBI ID: 6547, CALeDNA page	82
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Anomiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Anomiidae GBIF ID: 6872 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Anomiidae NCBI ID: 102289, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae GBIF ID: 3472 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae NCBI ID: 6566, CALeDNA page	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pholadomyida, Lyonsiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, --, Lyonsiidae GBIF ID: 6867 NCBI	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Cardiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Cardiidae GBIF ID: 6858 NCBI	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Mactridae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Venerida, Mactridae GBIF ID: 3454 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Pharidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Adapedonta, Pharidae GBIF ID: 6847 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Psammobiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Psammobiidae GBIF ID: 6846 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Semelidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Semelidae GBIF ID: 6845 NCBI	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Solenidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Adapedonta, Solenidae GBIF ID: 3449 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Tellinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Tellinidae GBIF ID: 3448 NCBI	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Ungulinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Ungulinidae GBIF ID: 3446 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Veneridae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Venerida, Veneridae GBIF ID: 3445 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida, Veneridae NCBI ID: 6592, CALeDNA page	40
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Enteroctopodidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Enteroctopodidae GBIF ID: 7594089 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae GBIF ID: 6835 NCBI	99
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Teuthida, Loliginidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Myopsida, Loliginidae GBIF ID: 3431 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Anaspidea, Aplysiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Aplysiida, Aplysiidae GBIF ID: 6814 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea, Diaphanidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea, Diaphanidae GBIF ID: 6793 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ellobiida, Trimusculidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ellobiida, Trimusculidae GBIF ID: 6797 NCBI	2