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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, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae GBIF ID: 6559 NCBI	1113
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae GBIF ID: 5688 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae NCBI ID: 42822, CALeDNA page	812
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae GBIF ID: 6009 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae NCBI ID: 7600, CALeDNA page	749
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae GBIF ID: 7041 NCBI	717
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae GBIF ID: 7039 NCBI	649
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae GBIF ID: 2648 NCBI	422
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dotidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dotidae GBIF ID: 3243699 NCBI	371
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Goniodorididae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Goniodorididae GBIF ID: 7034 NCBI	342
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae GBIF ID: 7043 NCBI	333
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Onchidorididae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Onchidorididae GBIF ID: 6561 NCBI	303
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae GBIF ID: 4360272 NCBI	297
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae GBIF ID: 5544 NCBI	289
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dorididae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dorididae GBIF ID: 2647 NCBI	268
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae GBIF ID: 9524 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Echinoida, Strongylocentrotidae NCBI ID: 31181, CALeDNA page	238
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Coryphellidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Coryphellidae GBIF ID: 4304703 NCBI	231
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae GBIF ID: 2654 NCBI	214
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae GBIF ID: 5282 NCBI	199
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae GBIF ID: 4359821 NCBI	192
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, Neogastropoda, Muricidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricidae GBIF ID: 2304120 NCBI	185
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, 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, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae GBIF ID: 9316 NCBI	163
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae GBIF ID: 8038 NCBI	150
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes, Anatidae GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes, Anatidae GBIF ID: 2986 NCBI	140
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes, Ardeidae GBIF ID: 3685 NCBI	131
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, 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, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lottiidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Lottiidae GBIF ID: 6553 NCBI	119
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae GBIF ID: 4527 NCBI	118
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae GBIF ID: 9479 NCBI	107
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dironidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dironidae GBIF ID: 7042 NCBI	103
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae GBIF ID: 5112 NCBI	100
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae GBIF ID: 6835 NCBI	99
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Abronicidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Abronicidae GBIF ID: 9563844 NCBI	95
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Asterales, Asteraceae GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Asterales, Asteraceae GBIF ID: 3065 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Asterales, Asteraceae NCBI ID: 4210, CALeDNA page	93
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae GBIF ID: 7739 NCBI	84
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae GBIF ID: 3476 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytiloida, Mytilidae NCBI ID: 6547, CALeDNA page	82
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lepetellida, Fissurellidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lepetellida, Fissurellidae GBIF ID: 6810 NCBI	81
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Perciformes, Cottidae GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae GBIF ID: 8621 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes, Cottidae NCBI ID: 8092, CALeDNA page	80
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, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae GBIF ID: 3472 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae NCBI ID: 6566, CALeDNA page	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales, Gigartinaceae GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales, Gigartinaceae GBIF ID: 9003 GBIF ID: NULL NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales, Gigartinaceae NCBI ID: 29217, CALeDNA page	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae GBIF ID: 5541 NCBI	69
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, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes, Pollicipedidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae GBIF ID: 5035 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae NCBI ID: 629293, CALeDNA page	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales, Palmariaceae GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales, Palmariaceae GBIF ID: 9030 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae, Palmariales, Palmariaceae NCBI ID: 2820, CALeDNA page	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cuthonidae GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cuthonidae GBIF ID: 7044 NCBI	64
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae GBIF ID: 4646522 NCBI	63
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida, Ophiotrichidae GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Ophiotrichidae GBIF ID: 3249433 NCBI	62