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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, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida, Amphinomidae, Pareurythoe GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida, Amphinomidae, Pareurythoe GBIF ID: 2317727 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Arenicolidae, Arenicola GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, --, Arenicolidae, Arenicola GBIF ID: 2320074 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Arenicolidae, Arenicola NCBI ID: 6343, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Capitellidae, Notomastus GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, --, Capitellidae, Notomastus GBIF ID: 2318072 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida, Capitellidae, Notomastus NCBI ID: 104742, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae, Dorvillea GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae, Dorvillea GBIF ID: 2321837 NCBI	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae, Glycera GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae, Glycera GBIF ID: 5195425 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Glyceridae, Glycera NCBI ID: 6349, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Hesionidae, Oxydromus GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Hesionidae, Oxydromus GBIF ID: 2308904 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Alitta GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Alitta GBIF ID: 2315381 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Nereis GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Nereis GBIF ID: 2308106 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Nereis NCBI ID: 6351, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Platynereis GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Platynereis GBIF ID: 2315898 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Nereididae, Platynereis NCBI ID: 6358, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Arctonoe GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Arctonoe GBIF ID: 2313789 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Halosydna GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Halosydna GBIF ID: 2315066 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Harmothoe GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Harmothoe GBIF ID: 2315129 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Hesperonoe GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Polynoidae, Hesperonoe GBIF ID: 2313346 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Syllidae, Odontosyllis GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida, Syllidae, Odontosyllis GBIF ID: 2309596 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellariidae, Phragmatopoma GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellariidae, Phragmatopoma GBIF ID: 2326451 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Eudistylia GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Eudistylia GBIF ID: 2329556 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Myxicola GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Myxicola GBIF ID: 2329275 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Pseudopotamilla GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Pseudopotamilla GBIF ID: 2329243 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Pseudopotamilla NCBI ID: 279638, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Schizobranchia GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Sabellidae, Schizobranchia GBIF ID: 2329342 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae, Salmacina GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae, Salmacina GBIF ID: 2326668 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae, Serpula GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida, Serpulidae, Serpula GBIF ID: 2319170 NCBI	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Cirratulidae, Dodecaceria GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Cirratulidae, Dodecaceria GBIF ID: 2324105 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Spionida, Cirratulidae, Dodecaceria NCBI ID: 46591, CALeDNA page	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Terebellidae, Pista GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida, Terebellidae, Pista GBIF ID: 2324840 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae, Habronattus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae, Habronattus GBIF ID: 2170715 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Trombidiformes, Bdellidae, Neomolgus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Prostigmata, Bdellidae, Neomolgus GBIF ID: 8232905 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea, Archotermopsidae, Zootermopsis GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea, Archotermopsidae, Zootermopsis GBIF ID: 2007388 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynus GBIF ID: 4988796 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysolina GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Chrysolina GBIF ID: 1047378 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Diabrotica GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Diabrotica GBIF ID: 1048495 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleridae, Enoclerus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleridae, Enoclerus GBIF ID: 1161903 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Coccinella GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Coccinella GBIF ID: 1043502 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Cercyon GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Cercyon GBIF ID: 1034418 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Anthomyiidae, Fucellia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Anthomyiidae, Fucellia GBIF ID: 1573670 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Coelopidae, Coelopa GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Coelopidae, Coelopa GBIF ID: 1529237 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae, Closterotomus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae, Closterotomus GBIF ID: 8327944 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus GBIF ID: 1340278 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Tapinoma GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Tapinoma GBIF ID: 1316784 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Dolichovespula GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Dolichovespula GBIF ID: 1311794 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Paratrytone GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Paratrytone GBIF ID: 8095203 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Brephidium GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Brephidium GBIF ID: 1932169 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Strymon GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Strymon GBIF ID: 1925423 NCBI	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Phyciodes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Phyciodes GBIF ID: 1918940 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Vanessa GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Vanessa GBIF ID: 1898261 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Pieris GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Pieris GBIF ID: 7236092 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Fabricius GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Fabricius GBIF ID: 1933999 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Hyles GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Hyles GBIF ID: 1862681 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Ampithoidae, Ampithoe GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Ampithoidae, Ampithoe GBIF ID: 2216241 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Talitridae, Megalorchestia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda, Talitridae, Megalorchestia GBIF ID: 2218547 NCBI	17
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Albuneidae, Blepharipoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Albuneidae, Blepharipoda GBIF ID: 2225705 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae, Lophopanopeus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Belliidae, Lophopanopeus GBIF ID: 2227679 NCBI	8