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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, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia GBIF ID: 980 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia NCBI ID: 70849, CALeDNA page	5817
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria GBIF ID: 705 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria NCBI ID: 6103, CALeDNA page	825
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida GBIF ID: 1462 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Forcipulatida NCBI ID: 7599, CALeDNA page	749
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Charadriiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Charadriiformes GBIF ID: 7192402 NCBI	481
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, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Chitonida GBIF ID: 8278247 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Polyplacophora, Neoloricata NCBI ID: 6652, CALeDNA page	397
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Valvatida GBIF ID: 810 NCBI	397
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trochida GBIF ID: 9715180 NCBI	378
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda GBIF ID: 982 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, -- NCBI ID: 6479, CALeDNA page	297
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Laminariales GBIF ID: 560 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Laminariales NCBI ID: 2886, CALeDNA page	252
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Camarodonta GBIF ID: 5964707 NCBI	238
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, Teleostei, Perciformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gasterosteiformes GBIF ID: 550 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes GBIF ID: 587 Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Scorpaeniformes GBIF ID: 590 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Perciformes NCBI ID: 8111, CALeDNA page	167
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, Chordata, Reptilia, Anseriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Anseriformes GBIF ID: 1108 NCBI	140
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales GBIF ID: 1400 GBIF ID: NULL NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae, Gigartinales NCBI ID: 28017, CALeDNA page	125
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Passeriformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Passeriformes GBIF ID: 729 NCBI	112
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lepetellida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lepetellida GBIF ID: 9799313 NCBI	112
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, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Littorinimorpha GBIF ID: 7390893 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Gastropoda, -- NCBI ID: 216294, CALeDNA page	103
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Octopoda GBIF ID: 459 NCBI	100
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Venerida GBIF ID: 9310756 Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cardiida GBIF ID: 9529005 Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Adapedonta GBIF ID: 9584178 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneroida NCBI ID: 6580, CALeDNA page	95
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Asterales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Asterales GBIF ID: 414 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Asterales NCBI ID: 4209, CALeDNA page	93
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Ceramiales GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Ceramiales GBIF ID: 665 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae, Ceramiales NCBI ID: 2802, CALeDNA page	90
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Ophiurida GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Amphilepidida GBIF ID: 9661062 NCBI	87
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilida GBIF ID: 9330464 NCBI	82
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida GBIF Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pectinida GBIF ID: 9250425 NCBI	76
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata GBIF ID: 838 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata NCBI ID: 406427, CALeDNA page	75
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Spinulosida GBIF ID: 1463 NCBI	69
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales GBIF Plantae, Rhodophyta, Florideophyceae, Palmariales GBIF ID: 1403 NCBI Eukaryota, --, --, Florideophyceae, Palmariales NCBI ID: 2819, CALeDNA page	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Scalpelliformes GBIF Animalia, Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Pedunculata GBIF ID: 697 NCBI	66
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Suliformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Suliformes GBIF ID: 7192775 NCBI	64
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida GBIF Animalia, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida GBIF ID: 1482 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Dendrochirotida NCBI ID: 7707, CALeDNA page	57
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, Podicipediformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Aves, Podicipediformes GBIF ID: 7191588 NCBI	56
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, 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, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia GBIF ID: 1242 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Corallimorpharia NCBI ID: 44295, CALeDNA page	39
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllales GBIF ID: 422 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Caryophyllales NCBI ID: 3524, CALeDNA page	38
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Alismatales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Liliopsida, Alismatales GBIF ID: 551 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, Liliopsida, Alismatales NCBI ID: 16360, CALeDNA page	34
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Lamiales GBIF ID: 408 NCBI	32
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Pleurogona GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Ascidiacea, Stolidobranchia GBIF ID: 9469348 NCBI	31
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae GBIF Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae GBIF ID: 711 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae NCBI ID: 6143, CALeDNA page	31
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, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Fucales GBIF ID: 1182 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Fucales NCBI ID: 3009, CALeDNA page	27
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, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Fabales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Fabales GBIF ID: 1370 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Fabales NCBI ID: 72025, CALeDNA page	23
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Polycladidea, Polycladida GBIF Animalia, Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Polycladida GBIF ID: 429 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Platyhelminthes, --, Polycladida NCBI ID: 6163, CALeDNA page	23
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Brassicales GBIF Plantae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Brassicales GBIF ID: 7225535 NCBI Eukaryota, Viridiplantae, Streptophyta, --, Brassicales NCBI ID: 3699, CALeDNA page	21
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Animalia, Chordata, Teleostei, Blenniiformes GBIF Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii, Gobiesociformes GBIF ID: 1163 NCBI Eukaryota, Metazoa, Chordata, Actinopteri, Blenniiformes NCBI ID: 1489921, CALeDNA page	21
Normalized Taxa Eukaryota, Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales GBIF Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ectocarpales GBIF ID: 1181 Chromista, Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae, Scytosiphonales GBIF ID: 1309 NCBI Eukaryota, --, Phaeophyceae, --, Ectocarpales NCBI ID: 2877, CALeDNA page	20