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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, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae, Phoebastria, Phoebastria nigripes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Diomedeidae, Phoebastria, Phoebastria nigripes GBIF ID: 2481383 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis GBIF ID: 2481433 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus, Puffinus griseus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus, Puffinus griseus GBIF ID: 8249990 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Serpentes, Natricidae, Thamnophis, Thamnophis elegans GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata, Natricidae, Thamnophis, Thamnophis elegans GBIF ID: 2457545 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax auritus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax auritus GBIF ID: 2481875 NCBI	27
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax pelagicus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax pelagicus GBIF ID: 2481870 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Urile, Urile pelagicus NCBI ID: 56070, CALeDNA page	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax penicillatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax penicillatus GBIF ID: 2481892 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Sulidae, Morus, Morus bassanus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Sulidae, Morus, Morus bassanus GBIF ID: 2480964 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes, Sulidae, Sula, Sula sula GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes, Sulidae, Sula, Sula sula GBIF ID: 2480972 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae, Atherinops, Atherinops affinis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Atheriniformes, Atherinopsidae, Atherinops, Atherinops affinis GBIF ID: 2412419 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae, Alepisaurus, Alepisaurus ferox GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Aulopiformes, Alepisauridae, Alepisaurus, Alepisaurus ferox GBIF ID: 2401692 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae, Porichthys, Porichthys notatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Batrachoidiformes, Batrachoididae, Porichthys, Porichthys notatus GBIF ID: 2350817 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Blenniiformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox, Gobiesox maeandricus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox, Gobiesox maeandricus GBIF ID: 2411287 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox, Gobiesox maeandricus GBIF ID: 2411288 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes, Gobiesocidae, Gobiesox, Gobiesox maeandricus GBIF ID: 5214463 NCBI	21
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae, Clupea, Clupea pallasii GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Clupeidae, Clupea, Clupea pallasii GBIF ID: 4284072 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis, Engraulis mordax GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis, Engraulis mordax GBIF ID: 2414024 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae, Engraulis, Engraulis mordax NCBI ID: 239368, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius, Merluccius productus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius, Merluccius productus GBIF ID: 2415676 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Gadiformes, Merlucciidae, Merluccius, Merluccius productus NCBI ID: 89952, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Lampridae, Lampris, Lampris guttatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Lampriformes, Lampridae, Lampris, Lampris guttatus GBIF ID: 2400465 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae, Brosmophycis, Brosmophycis marginata GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae, Brosmophycis, Brosmophycis marginata GBIF ID: 2346159 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Chilara, Chilara taylori GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae, Chilara, Chilara taylori GBIF ID: 2345934 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus, Spirinchus starksi GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus, Spirinchus starksi GBIF ID: 2410899 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Osmeriformes, Osmeridae, Spirinchus, Spirinchus starksi NCBI ID: 443727, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Aulorhynchidae, Aulorhynchus, Aulorhynchus flavidus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gasterosteiformes, Aulorhynchidae, Aulorhynchus, Aulorhynchus flavidus GBIF ID: 2356481 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia metzi GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia metzi GBIF ID: 5209312 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia metzi GBIF ID: 9130434 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis GBIF ID: 5209308 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis GBIF ID: 5209309 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis GBIF ID: 5209310 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis GBIF ID: 9080682 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Blenniiformes, Clinidae, Gibbonsia, Gibbonsia montereyensis NCBI ID: 57803, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Clinidae, Heterostichus, Heterostichus rostratus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Clinidae, Heterostichus, Heterostichus rostratus GBIF ID: 5209305 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Artedius, Artedius lateralis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Artedius, Artedius lateralis GBIF ID: 2333966 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Artedius, Artedius lateralis NCBI ID: 322683, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Ascelichthys, Ascelichthys rhodorus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Ascelichthys, Ascelichthys rhodorus GBIF ID: 2334021 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus acuticeps GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus acuticeps GBIF ID: 2333873 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus analis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus analis GBIF ID: 2333868 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus analis GBIF ID: 9177934 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus analis NCBI ID: 304258, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus globiceps GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus globiceps GBIF ID: 2333870 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus globiceps NCBI ID: 459047, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus recalvus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Clinocottus, Clinocottus recalvus GBIF ID: 2333866 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Enophrys, Enophrys bison GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Enophrys, Enophrys bison GBIF ID: 5201188 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus, Leptocottus armatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus, Leptocottus armatus GBIF ID: 2333923 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Leptocottus, Leptocottus armatus NCBI ID: 214925, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus maculosus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus maculosus GBIF ID: 2333746 NCBI	24
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus rubellio GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus rubellio GBIF ID: 2333740 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus snyderi GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Oligocottus, Oligocottus snyderi GBIF ID: 2333742 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus GBIF ID: 7710276 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae, Scorpaenichthys, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus NCBI ID: 52273, CALeDNA page	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Amphistichus, Amphistichus koelzi GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Amphistichus, Amphistichus koelzi GBIF ID: 2389258 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Cymatogaster, Cymatogaster aggregata GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Cymatogaster, Cymatogaster aggregata GBIF ID: 2389234 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon anale GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon anale GBIF ID: 2389299 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon argenteum GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon argenteum GBIF ID: 2389297 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon ellipticum GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Hyperprosopon, Hyperprosopon ellipticum GBIF ID: 2389301 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus, Micrometrus aurora GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus, Micrometrus aurora GBIF ID: 2389244 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus, Micrometrus aurora GBIF ID: 2389246 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus, Micrometrus minimus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Embiotocidae, Micrometrus, Micrometrus minimus GBIF ID: 2389240 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Lepidogobius, Lepidogobius lepidus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Lepidogobius, Lepidogobius lepidus GBIF ID: 2379182 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Rhinogobiops, Rhinogobiops nicholsii GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae, Rhinogobiops, Rhinogobiops nicholsii GBIF ID: 2376639 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammos, Hexagrammos decagrammus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Hexagrammidae, Hexagrammos, Hexagrammos decagrammus GBIF ID: 2336472 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon, Ophiodon elongatus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon, Ophiodon elongatus GBIF ID: 2336521 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodon, Ophiodon elongatus NCBI ID: 225387, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys flavidus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys flavidus GBIF ID: 2390392 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys flavidus NCBI ID: 57779, CALeDNA page	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys fucorum GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys fucorum GBIF ID: 2390390 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Pholidae, Apodichthys, Apodichthys fucorum GBIF ID: 2390391 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae, Atractoscion, Atractoscion nobilis GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Sciaenidae, Atractoscion, Atractoscion nobilis GBIF ID: 2400364 NCBI	1