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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, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida, Amphinomidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida, Amphinomidae GBIF ID: 5771 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Amphinomidae NCBI ID: 104701, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Arenicolidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, --, Arenicolidae GBIF ID: 5753 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Arenicolidae NCBI ID: 42115, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Capitellidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, --, Capitellidae GBIF ID: 5752 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Capitellidae NCBI ID: 51292, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae GBIF ID: 5773 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae NCBI ID: 160440, CALeDNA page	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae GBIF ID: 3580 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae NCBI ID: 39821, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Hesionidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Hesionidae GBIF ID: 6969 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Hesionidae NCBI ID: 115834, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae GBIF ID: 6972 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae NCBI ID: 39820, CALeDNA page	14
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae GBIF ID: 7078 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae NCBI ID: 46593, CALeDNA page	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Syllidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Syllidae GBIF ID: 3588 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Syllidae NCBI ID: 122238, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellariidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellariidae GBIF ID: 7085 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellariidae NCBI ID: 36125, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae GBIF ID: 7084 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae NCBI ID: 6366, CALeDNA page	10
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae GBIF ID: 7086 NCBI	16
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Cirratulidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Cirratulidae GBIF ID: 2874 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Spionida, Cirratulidae NCBI ID: 46590, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Terebellidae GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Terebellidae GBIF ID: 2487 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Terebellidae NCBI ID: 32261, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae GBIF ID: 5644 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae NCBI ID: 94017, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Trombidiformes, Bdellidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Prostigmata, Bdellidae GBIF ID: 3662 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea, Archotermopsidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea, Archotermopsidae GBIF ID: 8687694 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae GBIF ID: 3792 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae NCBI ID: 41073, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae GBIF ID: 7780 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae NCBI ID: 27439, CALeDNA page	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleridae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleridae GBIF ID: 3795 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae GBIF ID: 7782 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae GBIF ID: 7830 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Anthomyiidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Anthomyiidae GBIF ID: 3330 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Anthomyiidae NCBI ID: 30062, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Coelopidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Coelopidae GBIF ID: 7291 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae GBIF ID: 4319 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae NCBI ID: 30083, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae GBIF ID: 4334 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae NCBI ID: 7458, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae GBIF ID: 4342 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae NCBI ID: 36668, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae GBIF ID: 4490 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae GBIF ID: 6953 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae NCBI ID: 40093, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae GBIF ID: 5473 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae NCBI ID: 27544, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae GBIF ID: 7017 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae NCBI ID: 33415, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae GBIF ID: 5481 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Riodinidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Riodinidae GBIF ID: 1933999 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae GBIF ID: 8868 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Ampithoidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Ampithoidae GBIF ID: 4413 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Talitridae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Talitridae GBIF ID: 4466 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Talitridae NCBI ID: 92169, CALeDNA page	17
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Albuneidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Albuneidae GBIF ID: 8020 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae GBIF ID: 2775 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae GBIF ID: 4477 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Callianassidae NCBI ID: 177236, CALeDNA page	11
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae GBIF ID: 4646522 NCBI	63
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae GBIF ID: 8038 NCBI	150
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Galatheidae GBIF ID: 9657 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippidae GBIF ID: 8044 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Hippolytidae GBIF ID: 3869 NCBI	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Lithodidae GBIF ID: 8146 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae GBIF ID: 4527 NCBI	118
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Paguridae GBIF ID: 4531 NCBI	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Porcellanidae GBIF ID: 8673 NCBI	40
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae GBIF ID: 3254116 NCBI	23
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda, Arcturidae GBIF ID: 8691 NCBI	2