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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, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Triopha GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Triopha GBIF ID: 2291805 NCBI	855
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae, Pisaster GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae, Pisaster GBIF ID: 2273739 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae, Pisaster NCBI ID: 7610, CALeDNA page	722
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura GBIF ID: 2256813 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Anthopleura NCBI ID: 6109, CALeDNA page	633
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae, Dendronotus GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendronotidae, Dendronotus GBIF ID: 2292063 NCBI	422
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae, Phidiana GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae, Phidiana GBIF ID: 2292228 NCBI	390
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dotidae, Doto GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dotidae, Doto GBIF ID: 2291889 NCBI	371
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Goniodorididae, Okenia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Goniodorididae, Okenia GBIF ID: 2291989 NCBI	340
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae, Doriopsilla GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae, Doriopsilla GBIF ID: 2292440 NCBI	333
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Onchidorididae, Acanthodoris GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Onchidorididae, Acanthodoris GBIF ID: 2292101 NCBI	290
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae, Dermasterias GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asteropseidae, Dermasterias GBIF ID: 2271960 NCBI	289
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Peltodoris GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Peltodoris GBIF ID: 2292460 NCBI	278
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dorididae, Doris GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dorididae, Doris GBIF ID: 2292088 NCBI	268
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae, Hermissenda GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Facelinidae, Hermissenda GBIF ID: 2292240 NCBI	259
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Coryphellidae, Orienthella GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Coryphellidae, Orienthella GBIF ID: 9632625 NCBI	231
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Limacia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Limacia GBIF ID: 2291771 NCBI	230
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae, Cadlina GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae, Cadlina GBIF ID: 2292396 NCBI	188
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Calliostomatidae, Calliostoma GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Calliostomatidae, Calliostoma GBIF ID: 2293294 NCBI	187
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae, Strongylocentrotus GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta, Strongylocentrotidae, Strongylocentrotus GBIF ID: 2278847 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Echinoida, Strongylocentrotidae, Strongylocentrotus NCBI ID: 7664, CALeDNA page	185
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Geitodoris GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Geitodoris GBIF ID: 2292464 NCBI	178
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis GBIF ID: 2255932 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria, Actiniidae, Epiactis NCBI ID: 58803, CALeDNA page	173
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae, Diaphoreolis GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae, Diaphoreolis GBIF ID: 4596325 NCBI	172
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Tegulidae, Chlorostoma GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida, Tegulidae, Tegula GBIF ID: 9177272 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Tegulidae, Chlorostoma NCBI ID: 174690, CALeDNA page	158
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Diaulula GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Diaulula GBIF ID: 2292472 NCBI	141
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae, Aeolidia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae, Aeolidia GBIF ID: 2291937 NCBI	139
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae, Larus GBIF ID: 2481126 NCBI	130
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, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Rostanga GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Discodorididae, Rostanga GBIF ID: 2291965 NCBI	120
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Ocypodidae, Pugettia GBIF ID: 2226670 NCBI	118
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lottiidae, Lottia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, --, Lottiidae, Lottia GBIF ID: 7734098 NCBI	116
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae, Patiria GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida, Asterinidae, Patiria GBIF ID: 2272168 NCBI	107
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dironidae, Dirona GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dironidae, Dirona GBIF ID: 2291883 NCBI	103
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia, Tetraclitidae, Tetraclita GBIF ID: 2115805 NCBI	100
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae, Octopus GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda, Octopodidae, Octopus GBIF ID: 2289226 NCBI	99
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae, Zelentia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae, Zelentia GBIF ID: 9274311 NCBI	98
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Abronicidae, Abronica GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Abronicidae, Abronica GBIF ID: 8991150 NCBI	95
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, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Ceratostoma GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Muricidae, Ceratostoma GBIF ID: 2304290 NCBI	88
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dromiidae, Romaleon GBIF ID: 3254289 NCBI	86
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae, Egregia GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales, Lessoniaceae, Egregia GBIF ID: 3196087 NCBI	84
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, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae, Anteaeolidiella GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae, Anteaeolidiella GBIF ID: 2291956 NCBI	75
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae, Mytilus GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida, Mytilidae, Mytilus GBIF ID: 2285679 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytiloida, Mytilidae, Mytilus NCBI ID: 6548, CALeDNA page	75
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae, Lepidozona GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida, Ischnochitonidae, Lepidozona GBIF ID: 5193840 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata, Ischnochitonidae, Lepidozona NCBI ID: 55526, CALeDNA page	71
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae, Henricia GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae, Henricia GBIF ID: 2272135 NCBI	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae, Crassadoma GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida, Pectinidae, Crassadoma GBIF ID: 2285939 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinoida, Pectinidae, Crassadoma NCBI ID: 50414, CALeDNA page	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales, Palmariaceae, Halosaccion GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales, Palmariaceae, Halosaccion GBIF ID: 7702849 NCBI	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes GBIF ID: 2113806 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata, Pollicipedidae, Pollicipes NCBI ID: 36136, CALeDNA page	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cuthonidae, Cuthona GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Cuthonidae, Cuthona GBIF ID: 2292312 NCBI	64
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Dacryopilumnidae, Pachygrapsus GBIF ID: 2225808 NCBI	63
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida, Ophiotrichidae, Ophiothrix GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida, Ophiotrichidae, Ophiothrix GBIF ID: 2275832 NCBI	62