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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, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thecosomata, Cymbuliidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Cymbuliidae

GBIF ID: 2616

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Calliostomatidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Calliostomatidae

GBIF ID: 6811

NCBI 		187
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Colloniidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Colloniidae

GBIF ID: 4357670

NCBI 		8
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Margaritidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Margaritidae

GBIF ID: 6532323

NCBI 		8
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Tegulidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Tegulidae

GBIF ID: 7437686

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Tegulidae

NCBI ID: 1955470, CALeDNA page

167
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Trochidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Trochidae

GBIF ID: 2856

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Turbinidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Turbinidae

GBIF ID: 6802

NCBI 		7
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Acmaeidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Acmaeidae

GBIF ID: 2635

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Lottiidae

GBIF ID: 6553

NCBI 		29
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Batillariidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Batillariidae

GBIF ID: 2679

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cerithiidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Cerithiidae

GBIF ID: 6760

NCBI 		21
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Epitoniidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Epitoniidae

GBIF ID: 2673

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Epitoniidae

NCBI ID: 69584, CALeDNA page

67
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lottiidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Lottiidae

GBIF ID: 6553

NCBI 		119
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Callistoplacidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Callistoplacidae

GBIF ID: 4305072

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae

GBIF ID: 7625

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Ischnochitonidae

NCBI ID: 27822, CALeDNA page

74
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae

GBIF ID: 5860034

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Lepidochitonidae

NCBI ID: 413412, CALeDNA page

23
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae

GBIF ID: 7552

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Mopaliidae

NCBI ID: 34585, CALeDNA page

172
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Tonicellidae

GBIF

Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Tonicellidae

GBIF ID: 3246305

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Lepidochitonidae

NCBI ID: 413412, CALeDNA page

127
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla, Heteronemertea, Lineidae

GBIF

Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla, --, Lineidae

GBIF ID: 6296

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Anopla, Heteronemertea, Lineidae

NCBI ID: 6222, CALeDNA page

2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Amphiporidae

GBIF

Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Amphiporidae

GBIF ID: 1989

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Amphiporidae

NCBI ID: 120982, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Emplectonematidae

GBIF

Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Emplectonematidae

GBIF ID: 6290

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Paleonemertea, Tubulanidae

GBIF

Animalia, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea, --, Tubulanidae

GBIF ID: 1994

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea, --, Tubulanidae

NCBI ID: 166029, CALeDNA page

8
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Phoronida, Phoronidae

GBIF

Animalia, Phoronida, --, --, Phoronidae

GBIF ID: 3237816

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Brachiopoda, --, --, --

NCBI ID: 120557, CALeDNA page

6
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Callioplanidae

GBIF

Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Callioplanidae

GBIF ID: 6376

NCBI 		2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Notoplanidae

GBIF

Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Notoplanidae

GBIF ID: 4344062

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae

GBIF

Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae

GBIF ID: 3268702

NCBI 		12
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Stylochidae

GBIF

Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Stylochidae

GBIF ID: 3137

NCBI 		6
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea, Leucosolenida, Amphoriscidae

GBIF

Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea, Leucosolenida, Amphoriscidae

GBIF ID: 3770

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Dendroceratida, Darwinellidae

GBIF

Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Dendroceratida, Darwinellidae

GBIF ID: 3896

NCBI 		5
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Clionaidae

GBIF

Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Clionaida, Clionaidae

GBIF ID: 2251555

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae, Clionaida, Clionaidae

NCBI ID: 76784, CALeDNA page

2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida, Halichondriidae

GBIF

Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida, Halichondriidae

GBIF ID: 8131

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida, Halichondriidae

NCBI ID: 6060, CALeDNA page

2
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae

GBIF

Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae

GBIF ID: 3909

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae

NCBI ID: 6056, CALeDNA page

10
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea, Phascolosomatiformes, Phascolosomatidae

GBIF

Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea, Phascolosomatiformes, Phascolosomatidae

GBIF ID: 7338

NCBI

Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phascolosomatiformes, Phascolosomatidae

NCBI ID: 41795, CALeDNA page

14
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae

GBIF ID: 7724

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae

NCBI ID: 31338, CALeDNA page

8
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae

GBIF ID: 7727

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae

NCBI ID: 66220, CALeDNA page

14
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Scytosiphonales, Scytosiphonaceae

GBIF ID: 8501

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae

NCBI ID: 2891, CALeDNA page

6
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae

GBIF ID: 9641

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Fucales, Fucaceae

NCBI ID: 3010, CALeDNA page

9
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae

GBIF ID: 7733

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Fucales, Sargassaceae

NCBI ID: 3014, CALeDNA page

18
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae

GBIF ID: 7734

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales, Alariaceae

NCBI ID: 2887, CALeDNA page

13
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae

GBIF ID: 4377214

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales, Agaraceae

NCBI ID: 2012474, CALeDNA page

35
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae

GBIF ID: 7740

NCBI

Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales, Laminariaceae

NCBI ID: 33636, CALeDNA page

120
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae

GBIF

Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae

GBIF ID: 7739

NCBI 		84
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae

GBIF

Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae

GBIF ID: 8305

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae

GBIF

Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae

GBIF ID: 4812

NCBI 		9
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Peltigerales, Lobariaceae

GBIF

Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Peltigerales, Lobariaceae

GBIF ID: 8375

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae

GBIF

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae

GBIF ID: 4170

NCBI

Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae

NCBI ID: 5339, CALeDNA page

1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Bryopsidaceae

GBIF

Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Bryopsidaceae

GBIF ID: 8774

NCBI 		1
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Codiaceae

GBIF

Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Codiaceae

GBIF ID: 8776

NCBI 		3
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales, Cladophoraceae

GBIF

Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales, Cladophoraceae

GBIF ID: 4854

NCBI

Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Cladophorales, Cladophoraceae

NCBI ID: 35436, CALeDNA page

19
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulotrichales, Ulotrichaceae

GBIF

Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulotrichales, Ulotrichaceae

GBIF ID: 4857

NCBI

Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulotrichales, Ulotrichaceae

NCBI ID: 205394, CALeDNA page

7
Normalized Taxa

Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulvales, Ulvaceae

GBIF

Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulvales, Ulvaceae

GBIF ID: 9013

NCBI

Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Ulvales, Ulvaceae

NCBI ID: 3114, CALeDNA page

11