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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, Chordata, Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae, Alepisaurus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae, Alepisaurus GBIF ID: 2401689 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae, Porichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae, Porichthys GBIF ID: 2350811 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Blenniiformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox GBIF ID: 2411258 NCBI	21
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae, Clupea GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae, Clupea GBIF ID: 2346676 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis GBIF ID: 2352080 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis NCBI ID: 42891, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius GBIF ID: 2415629 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius NCBI ID: 8062, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lampridae, Lampris GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Lampriformes, Lampridae, Lampris GBIF ID: 2400461 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae, Brosmophycis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae, Brosmophycis GBIF ID: 2346158 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Chilara GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Chilara GBIF ID: 2345933 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus GBIF ID: 2410894 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus NCBI ID: 136039, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Aulorhynchidae, Aulorhynchus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gasterosteiformes, Aulorhynchidae, Aulorhynchus GBIF ID: 2356480 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia GBIF ID: 2380263 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Blenniiformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia NCBI ID: 57800, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae, Heterostichus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Heterostichus GBIF ID: 2380181 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Artedius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Artedius GBIF ID: 2333960 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Artedius NCBI ID: 274757, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Ascelichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Ascelichthys GBIF ID: 2334020 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus GBIF ID: 2333865 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus NCBI ID: 283632, CALeDNA page	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Enophrys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Enophrys GBIF ID: 2333763 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus GBIF ID: 2333922 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus NCBI ID: 214924, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus GBIF ID: 2333736 NCBI	35
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys GBIF ID: 2334338 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys NCBI ID: 52272, CALeDNA page	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Amphistichus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Amphistichus GBIF ID: 2389247 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Cymatogaster GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Cymatogaster GBIF ID: 2389233 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon GBIF ID: 2389296 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus GBIF ID: 2389239 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Lepidogobius GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Lepidogobius GBIF ID: 2379181 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Rhinogobiops GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Rhinogobiops GBIF ID: 2376635 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammos GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammos GBIF ID: 2336463 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon GBIF ID: 2336520 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon NCBI ID: 225386, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys GBIF ID: 2390387 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys NCBI ID: 57778, CALeDNA page	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae, Atractoscion GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Sciaenidae, Atractoscion GBIF ID: 2400361 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Scombridae, Scomber GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Scombridae, Scomber GBIF ID: 2374148 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Sebastidae, Sebastes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Sebastidae, Sebastes GBIF ID: 2333712 NCBI	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Anoplarchus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Anoplarchus GBIF ID: 2394913 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Anoplarchus NCBI ID: 320622, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Cebidichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Cebidichthys GBIF ID: 2394759 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Cebidichthys NCBI ID: 271502, CALeDNA page	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Xiphister GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Xiphister GBIF ID: 2394808 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Stichaeidae, Xiphister NCBI ID: 283023, CALeDNA page	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae, Citharichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae, Citharichthys GBIF ID: 2408301 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae, Citharichthys NCBI ID: 195599, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae, Parophrys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae, Parophrys GBIF ID: 2409369 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae, Pleuronichthys GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Pleuronectiformes, Pleuronectidae, Pleuronichthys GBIF ID: 2409240 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Syngnathiformes, Syngnathidae, Syngnathus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Syngnathiformes, Syngnathidae, Syngnathus GBIF ID: 2332887 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura GBIF ID: 2256813 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura NCBI ID: 6109, CALeDNA page	633
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis GBIF ID: 2255932 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis NCBI ID: 58803, CALeDNA page	173
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Urticina GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Urticina GBIF ID: 2256124 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Halcampidae, Halcampa GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Halcampidae, Halcampa GBIF ID: 2255928 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Metridiidae, Metridium GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Metridiidae, Metridium GBIF ID: 2255724 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae, Discophyton GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae, Discophyton GBIF ID: 2263714 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae, Thrombophyton GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae, Thrombophyton GBIF ID: 2263702 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia, Corallimorphidae, Corynactis GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia, Corallimorphidae, Corynactis GBIF ID: 2256373 NCBI	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae, Balanophyllia GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae, Balanophyllia GBIF ID: 2259608 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae, Polyorchis GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae, Polyorchis GBIF ID: 2265252 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae, Scrippsia GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Corynidae, Scrippsia GBIF ID: 2265257 NCBI	13