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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 order: 156

GBIF unique order with NCBI ID: 156

GBIF unique order with eDNA match: 103

Taxon	GBIF Occurences	NCBI Match	eDNA Match
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Amphinomida GBIF ID: 864 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida NCBI ID: 104701, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida GBIF GBIF ID: NULL NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Capitellida NCBI ID: 6342, CALeDNA page	3
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida GBIF ID: 865 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Eunicida NCBI ID: 65495, CALeDNA page	13
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida GBIF ID: 1079 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida NCBI ID: 6348, CALeDNA page	30
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida GBIF ID: 1080 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Sabellida NCBI ID: 6362, CALeDNA page	27
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida GBIF Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida GBIF ID: 475 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Annelida, Polychaeta, Terebellida NCBI ID: 6373, CALeDNA page	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae GBIF ID: 1496 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae NCBI ID: 6893, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Trombidiformes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Prostigmata GBIF ID: 372 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Trombidiformes NCBI ID: 83136, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Blattodea GBIF ID: 800 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera GBIF ID: 1470 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera NCBI ID: 7041, CALeDNA page	18
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera GBIF ID: 811 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera NCBI ID: 7147, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera GBIF ID: 809 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera NCBI ID: 7524, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera GBIF ID: 1457 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera NCBI ID: 7399, CALeDNA page	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera GBIF ID: 797 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera NCBI ID: 7088, CALeDNA page	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda GBIF ID: 1231 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Amphipoda NCBI ID: 6821, CALeDNA page	18
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda GBIF ID: 637 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda NCBI ID: 6683, CALeDNA page	479
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda GBIF ID: 643 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Isopoda NCBI ID: 29979, CALeDNA page	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Lepadiformes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata GBIF ID: 697 NCBI	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata GBIF ID: 697 NCBI	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia GBIF ID: 1426 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Sessilia NCBI ID: 116167, CALeDNA page	154
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda GBIF ID: 9477065 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Pantopoda NCBI ID: 373319, CALeDNA page	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata GBIF Animalia, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida GBIF ID: 467 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomatida NCBI ID: 10207, CALeDNA page	44
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata GBIF ID: 953 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Aplousobranchia GBIF ID: 9589977 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Enterogona NCBI ID: 183770, CALeDNA page	15
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia GBIF ID: 9469348 NCBI	31
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes GBIF ID: 887 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes NCBI ID: 30483, CALeDNA page	4
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Myliobatiformes GBIF ID: 8214029 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes NCBI ID: 117851, CALeDNA page	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes GBIF ID: 884 Animalia, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Rhinopristiformes GBIF ID: 9412443 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Holocephali, Chimaeriformes GBIF ID: 880 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora GBIF ID: 732 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora NCBI ID: 33554, CALeDNA page	105
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea GBIF ID: 733 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea NCBI ID: 9721, CALeDNA page	9
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Lagomorpha GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Lagomorpha GBIF ID: 785 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia GBIF ID: 1459 NCBI	6
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Accipitriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Accipitriformes GBIF ID: 7191147 NCBI	19
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes GBIF ID: 1108 NCBI	140
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Apodiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Apodiformes GBIF ID: 1448 NCBI	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes GBIF ID: 7192402 NCBI	481
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Columbiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Columbiformes GBIF ID: 1446 NCBI	12
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Coraciiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Coraciiformes GBIF ID: 1447 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Falconiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Falconiformes GBIF ID: 7191407 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Falconiformes NCBI ID: 8948, CALeDNA page	2
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Gaviiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Gaviiformes GBIF ID: 7192754 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Gaviiformes NCBI ID: 30411, CALeDNA page	56
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Gruiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Gruiformes GBIF ID: 1493 NCBI	8
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Inguania GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata GBIF ID: 715 NCBI	5
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes GBIF ID: 729 NCBI	112
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Pelecaniformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes GBIF ID: 7190953 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Aves, Pelecaniformes NCBI ID: 9205, CALeDNA page	187
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Piciformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Piciformes GBIF ID: 724 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Podicipediformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Podicipediformes GBIF ID: 7191588 NCBI	56
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Procellariiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Procellariiformes GBIF ID: 7192755 NCBI	7
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Serpentes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata GBIF ID: 715 NCBI	1
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes GBIF ID: 7192775 NCBI	64