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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, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae, Stenoplax GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae, Stenoplax GBIF ID: 2306739 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae, Cyanoplax GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae, Cyanoplax GBIF ID: 4305102 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Lepidochitonidae, Cyanoplax NCBI ID: 413413, CALeDNA page	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae, Nuttallina GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Lepidochitonidae, Nuttallina GBIF ID: 8845215 NCBI	17
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Cryptochiton GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Cryptochiton GBIF ID: 2305879 NCBI	88
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Dendrochiton GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Dendrochiton GBIF ID: 4305108 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Katharina GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Katharina GBIF ID: 2306018 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Mopaliidae, Katharina NCBI ID: 34586, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Mopalia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Mopaliidae, Mopalia GBIF ID: 2306052 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Mopaliidae, Mopalia NCBI ID: 256103, CALeDNA page	78
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Tonicellidae, Tonicella GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Tonicellidae, Tonicella GBIF ID: 2306809 NCBI	127
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla, Heteronemertea, Lineidae, Micrura GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla, --, Lineidae, Micrura GBIF ID: 2507908 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Anopla, Heteronemertea, Lineidae, Micrura NCBI ID: 88927, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Amphiporidae, Amphiporus GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Amphiporidae, Amphiporus GBIF ID: 2507489 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Emplectonematidae, Paranemertes GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla, Monostilifera, Emplectonematidae, Paranemertes GBIF ID: 2507020 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Paleonemertea, Tubulanidae, Tubulanus GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea, --, Tubulanidae, Tubulanus GBIF ID: 2508085 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea, --, Tubulanidae, Tubulanus NCBI ID: 88943, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Phoronida, Phoronidae, Phoronis GBIF Animalia, Phoronida, --, --, Phoronidae, Phoronis GBIF ID: 2269631 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Brachiopoda, --, --, --, Phoronis NCBI ID: 33504, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Phoronida, Phoronidae, Phoronopsis GBIF Animalia, Phoronida, --, --, Phoronidae, Phoronopsis GBIF ID: 2269649 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Brachiopoda, --, --, --, Phoronopsis NCBI ID: 120318, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Callioplanidae, Kaburakia GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Callioplanidae, Kaburakia GBIF ID: 2503271 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Notoplanidae, Notocomplana GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Notoplanidae, Notocomplana GBIF ID: 4859771 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae, Pseudoceros GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae, Pseudoceros GBIF ID: 2503240 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida, Stylochidae, Stylochus GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida, Stylochidae, Stylochus GBIF ID: 2503276 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea, Leucosolenida, Amphoriscidae, Leucilla GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea, Leucosolenida, Amphoriscidae, Leucilla GBIF ID: 2237455 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Dendroceratida, Darwinellidae, Aplysilla GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Dendroceratida, Darwinellidae, Aplysilla GBIF ID: 2238537 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Clionaidae, Cliona GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Clionaida, Clionaidae, Cliona GBIF ID: 7464943 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida, Halichondriidae, Halichondria GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida, Halichondriidae, Halichondria GBIF ID: 2241672 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae, Suberitida, Halichondriidae, Halichondria NCBI ID: 6061, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae, Haliclona GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae, Haliclona GBIF ID: 5181969 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae, Haliclona NCBI ID: 6057, CALeDNA page	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea, Phascolosomatiformes, Phascolosomatidae, Phascolosoma GBIF Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea, Phascolosomatiformes, Phascolosomatidae, Phascolosoma GBIF ID: 2509336 NCBI	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae, Desmarestia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae, Desmarestia GBIF ID: 3200019 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Desmarestiales, Desmarestiaceae, Desmarestia NCBI ID: 31339, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Analipus GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Analipus GBIF ID: 3197899 Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Analipus GBIF ID: 8001223 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Cylindrocarpus GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Cylindrocarpus GBIF ID: 3198956 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Haplogloia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Haplogloia GBIF ID: 3198032 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Leathesia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Leathesia GBIF ID: 3199204 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales, Chordariaceae, Leathesia NCBI ID: 27962, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae, Colpomenia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Scytosiphonales, Scytosiphonaceae, Colpomenia GBIF ID: 3197954 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae, Colpomenia NCBI ID: 27964, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae, Scytosiphon GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Scytosiphonales, Scytosiphonaceae, Scytosiphon GBIF ID: 3197993 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales, Scytosiphonaceae, Scytosiphon NCBI ID: 27966, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae, Fucus GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae, Fucus GBIF ID: 1010512 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Fucales, Fucaceae, Fucus NCBI ID: 3011, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae, Pelvetiopsis GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Fucaceae, Pelvetiopsis GBIF ID: 3196508 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae, Sargassum GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae, Sargassum GBIF ID: 3196548 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Fucales, Sargassaceae, Sargassum NCBI ID: 3015, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae, Stephanocystis GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales, Sargassaceae, Stephanocystis GBIF ID: 3197589 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae, Alaria GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae, Alaria GBIF ID: 3196122 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales, Alariaceae, Alaria NCBI ID: 2888, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae, Pterygophora GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Alariaceae, Pterygophora GBIF ID: 3196091 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae, Costaria GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae, Costaria GBIF ID: 3196011 NCBI	34
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae, Dictyoneurum GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Costariaceae, Dictyoneurum GBIF ID: 3195806 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Laminaria GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Laminaria GBIF ID: 3195825 NCBI	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Macrocystis GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Macrocystis GBIF ID: 3195765 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Macrocystis NCBI ID: 35121, CALeDNA page	21
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Nereocystis GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Nereocystis GBIF ID: 3195802 NCBI	41
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Postelsia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Laminariaceae, Postelsia GBIF ID: 3195817 NCBI	44
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae, Egregia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae, Egregia GBIF ID: 3196087 NCBI	84
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Hypogymnia GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Hypogymnia GBIF ID: 2606460 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae, Niebla GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae, Niebla GBIF ID: 8360956 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae, Ramalina GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae, Ramalina GBIF ID: 2521975 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Peltigerales, Lobariaceae, Sticta GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes, Peltigerales, Lobariaceae, Sticta GBIF ID: 2601351 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae, Agaricus GBIF Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae, Agaricus GBIF ID: 2518646 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Bryopsidaceae, Bryopsis GBIF Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae, Bryopsidales, Bryopsidaceae, Bryopsis GBIF ID: 2642534 NCBI	1