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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 class: 43

GBIF unique class with NCBI ID: 43

GBIF unique class with eDNA match: 40

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta GBIF ID: 256 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta NCBI ID: 6341, CALeDNA page	92
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida GBIF ID: 367 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Arachnida NCBI ID: 6854, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta GBIF ID: 216 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta NCBI ID: 50557, CALeDNA page	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca GBIF ID: 229 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca NCBI ID: 6681, CALeDNA page	512
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda GBIF ID: 203 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda NCBI ID: 72037, CALeDNA page	224
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida GBIF ID: 354 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida NCBI ID: 57294, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata GBIF ID: 252 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata NCBI ID: 10206, CALeDNA page	44
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia GBIF ID: 131 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea GBIF ID: 356 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Ascidiacea NCBI ID: 7713, CALeDNA page	46
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii GBIF ID: 121 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes NCBI ID: 7778, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali GBIF ID: 120 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia GBIF ID: 359 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia NCBI ID: 40674, CALeDNA page	122
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves GBIF ID: 212 Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia GBIF ID: 358 NCBI	1154
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii GBIF ID: 204 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri NCBI ID: 32443, CALeDNA page	213
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa GBIF ID: 206 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa NCBI ID: 6101, CALeDNA page	871
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa GBIF ID: 205 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa NCBI ID: 6074, CALeDNA page	81
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa GBIF ID: 352 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa NCBI ID: 6142, CALeDNA page	31
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea GBIF ID: 214 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Asteroidea NCBI ID: 7588, CALeDNA page	1215
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea GBIF ID: 221 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea NCBI ID: 7625, CALeDNA page	240
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea GBIF ID: 222 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea NCBI ID: 7705, CALeDNA page	59
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea GBIF ID: 350 NCBI	87
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia GBIF ID: 137 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia NCBI ID: 6544, CALeDNA page	279
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda GBIF ID: 136 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Cephalopoda NCBI ID: 6605, CALeDNA page	101
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda GBIF ID: 225 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda NCBI ID: 6448, CALeDNA page	6984
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora GBIF ID: 346 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora NCBI ID: 6650, CALeDNA page	397
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Anopla GBIF ID: 248 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Anopla NCBI ID: 6218, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Enopla GBIF ID: 249 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Enopla NCBI ID: 6225, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Nemertea, Paleonemertea GBIF Animalia, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea GBIF ID: 7194193 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Nemertea, Palaeonemertea NCBI ID: 1684132, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora GBIF ID: 5967490 NCBI	23
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Calcarea GBIF ID: 308 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Calcarea NCBI ID: 27929, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae GBIF Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae GBIF ID: 199 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Porifera, Demospongiae NCBI ID: 6042, CALeDNA page	19
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea GBIF Animalia, Sipuncula, Phascolosomatidea GBIF ID: 158 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta NCBI ID: 216209, CALeDNA page	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae GBIF ID: 7073593 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, -- NCBI ID: 2870, CALeDNA page	307
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes GBIF ID: 180 NCBI Eukaryota, Fungi, Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes NCBI ID: 147547, CALeDNA page	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes GBIF Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes GBIF ID: 186 NCBI Eukaryota, Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes NCBI ID: 155619, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae GBIF Plantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae GBIF ID: 195 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae NCBI ID: 33103, CALeDNA page	41
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Bangiophyceae GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Bangiophyceae GBIF ID: 198 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Bangiophyceae NCBI ID: 2797, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Compsopogonophyceae GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Compsopogonophyceae GBIF ID: 340 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Compsopogonophyceae NCBI ID: 930023, CALeDNA page	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae GBIF ID: 342 GBIF ID: NULL NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae NCBI ID: 2806, CALeDNA page	331
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida GBIF ID: 196 Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida GBIF ID: 220 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, -- NCBI ID: 71240, CALeDNA page	311
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Pinopsida GBIF ID: 194 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Equisetopsida GBIF ID: 246 Plantae, Tracheophyta, Polypodiopsida GBIF ID: 7228684 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, Polypodiopsida NCBI ID: 241806, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Protozoa, Choanozoa, Choanoflagellatea GBIF Fungi, Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes GBIF ID: 183 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, -- NCBI ID: 28009, CALeDNA page	1