Dataset page: https://obis.org/dataset/aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a

Load packages:

library(robis)
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

Fetch dataset:

df <- robis::occurrence(datasetid = "aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a")
str(df)
## 'data.frame':    25 obs. of  72 variables:
##  $ country               : chr  "USA" "USA" "USA" "USA" ...
##  $ date_year             : int  2005 2006 2005 2004 2007 2002 2007 2006 2003 2010 ...
##  $ scientificNameID      : chr  "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250126" "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107381" "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158417" "urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158417" ...
##  $ year                  : chr  "2005" "2006" "2005" "2004" ...
##  $ scientificName        : chr  "Didemnum vexillum" "Carcinus maenas" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" ...
##  $ associatedReferences  : chr  "Hitchhiker's Guide to Marine Invasive Species" "Hitchhiker's Guide to Marine Invasive Species" "Hitchhiker's Guide to Marine Invasive Species" "Hitchhiker's Guide to Marine Invasive Species" ...
##  $ dropped               : logi  FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE ...
##  $ aphiaID               : int  250126 107381 158417 158417 158417 103929 158417 158417 140658 107381 ...
##  $ decimalLatitude       : num  42.5 43.1 41.6 43.8 41 ...
##  $ phylumid              : int  1821 1065 1065 1065 1065 1821 1065 1065 51 1065 ...
##  $ familyid              : int  103439 557511 439140 439140 439140 103450 439140 439140 215 557511 ...
##  $ catalogNumber         : chr  "456" "443" "455" "438" ...
##  $ basisOfRecord         : chr  "HumanObservation" "HumanObservation" "HumanObservation" "HumanObservation" ...
##  $ terrestrial           : logi  FALSE NA NA NA NA FALSE ...
##  $ maximumDepthInMeters  : logi  NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ id                    : chr  "01375911-9a3c-4e6a-9c8a-a558ad5c58f2" "0b66a86b-5186-4ecd-af62-1f95b8cbcb7b" "17245533-aa6f-4e10-a7db-9438c62a7b2b" "37d091f3-68af-427c-8302-6386a42b760d" ...
##  $ day                   : chr  "29" "8" "22" "21" ...
##  $ order                 : chr  "Aplousobranchia" "Decapoda" "Decapoda" "Decapoda" ...
##  $ dataset_id            : chr  "aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a" "aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a" "aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a" "aefc0943-90a0-4b2b-9689-3d88711d945a" ...
##  $ stateProvince         : chr  "MA" "ME" "MA" "ME" ...
##  $ decimalLongitude      : num  -70.9 -70.7 -70.7 -70 -73.1 ...
##  $ collectionCode        : chr  "HHG" "HHG" "HHG" "HHG" ...
##  $ speciesid             : int  250126 107381 158417 158417 158417 103929 158417 158417 140658 107381 ...
##  $ date_end              : num  1.13e+12 1.15e+12 1.12e+12 1.07e+12 1.19e+12 ...
##  $ date_start            : num  1.13e+12 1.15e+12 1.12e+12 1.07e+12 1.19e+12 ...
##  $ month                 : chr  "9" "8" "5" "1" ...
##  $ genus                 : chr  "Didemnum" "Carcinus" "Hemigrapsus" "Hemigrapsus" ...
##  $ eventDate             : chr  "2005-09-29T12:00:00Z" "2006-08-08T12:00:00Z" "2005-05-22T12:00:00Z" "2004-01-21T12:00:00Z" ...
##  $ brackish              : logi  FALSE NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ absence               : logi  FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE ...
##  $ genusid               : int  103456 106922 106964 106964 106964 103543 106964 106964 138298 106922 ...
##  $ originalScientificName: chr  "Didemnum vexillum" "Carcinus maenas" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" ...
##  $ marine                : logi  TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE ...
##  $ minimumDepthInMeters  : logi  NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ subphylumid           : int  146420 1066 1066 1066 1066 146420 1066 1066 NA 1066 ...
##  $ institutionCode       : chr  "MITSG" "MITSG" "MITSG" "MITSG" ...
##  $ date_mid              : num  1.13e+12 1.15e+12 1.12e+12 1.07e+12 1.19e+12 ...
##  $ identifiedBy          : chr  "Barbara Warren" "Alan Sypek" "Marilyn Del Donno" "Andrew Mountcastle" ...
##  $ class                 : chr  "Ascidiacea" "Malacostraca" "Malacostraca" "Malacostraca" ...
##  $ orderid               : int  103434 1130 1130 1130 1130 103436 1130 1130 1774 1130 ...
##  $ kingdom               : chr  "Animalia" "Animalia" "Animalia" "Animalia" ...
##  $ recordedBy            : chr  "Barbara Warren" "Alan Sypek" "Marilyn Del Donno" "Andrew Mountcastle" ...
##  $ classid               : int  1839 1071 1071 1071 1071 1839 1071 1071 105 1071 ...
##  $ phylum                : chr  "Chordata" "Arthropoda" "Arthropoda" "Arthropoda" ...
##  $ species               : chr  "Didemnum vexillum" "Carcinus maenas" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" "Hemigrapsus sanguineus" ...
##  $ subphylum             : chr  "Tunicata" "Crustacea" "Crustacea" "Crustacea" ...
##  $ family                : chr  "Didemnidae" "Carcinidae" "Varunidae" "Varunidae" ...
##  $ kingdomid             : int  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...
##  $ node_id               : chr  "310922b4-9d0c-4de1-92d7-9b442d34765b" "310922b4-9d0c-4de1-92d7-9b442d34765b" "310922b4-9d0c-4de1-92d7-9b442d34765b" "310922b4-9d0c-4de1-92d7-9b442d34765b" ...
##  $ superfamilyid         : int  NA 106702 106706 106706 106706 NA 106706 106706 151323 106702 ...
##  $ section               : chr  NA "Eubrachyura" "Eubrachyura" "Eubrachyura" ...
##  $ subclassid            : int  NA 1086 1086 1086 1086 NA 1086 1086 206 1086 ...
##  $ superclass            : chr  NA "Multicrustacea" "Multicrustacea" "Multicrustacea" ...
##  $ superclassid          : int  NA 845959 845959 845959 845959 NA 845959 845959 NA 845959 ...
##  $ infraorderid          : int  NA 106673 106673 106673 106673 NA 106673 106673 NA 106673 ...
##  $ superfamily           : chr  NA "Portunoidea" "Grapsoidea" "Grapsoidea" ...
##  $ suborderid            : int  NA 106670 106670 106670 106670 NA 106670 106670 NA 106670 ...
##  $ subsection            : chr  NA "Heterotremata" "Thoracotremata" "Thoracotremata" ...
##  $ superorder            : chr  NA "Eucarida" "Eucarida" "Eucarida" ...
##  $ subfamily             : chr  NA "Carcininae" "Varuninae" "Varuninae" ...
##  $ superorderid          : int  NA 1089 1089 1089 1089 NA 1089 1089 NA 1089 ...
##  $ sectionid             : int  NA 106679 106679 106679 106679 NA 106679 106679 NA 106679 ...
##  $ subfamilyid           : int  NA 148432 439146 439146 439146 NA 439146 439146 510735 148432 ...
##  $ suborder              : chr  NA "Pleocyemata" "Pleocyemata" "Pleocyemata" ...
##  $ infraorder            : chr  NA "Brachyura" "Brachyura" "Brachyura" ...
##  $ subclass              : chr  NA "Eumalacostraca" "Eumalacostraca" "Eumalacostraca" ...
##  $ subsectionid          : int  NA 106680 106682 106682 106682 NA 106682 106682 NA 106680 ...
##  $ subkingdom            : chr  NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ subkingdomid          : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ subspecies            : chr  NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ subspeciesid          : int  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
##  $ depth                 : num  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...

Find people who identified the records:

df %>% distinct(originalScientificName, identifiedBy)
##    originalScientificName       identifiedBy
## 1       Didemnum vexillum     Barbara Warren
## 2         Carcinus maenas         Alan Sypek
## 3  Hemigrapsus sanguineus  Marilyn Del Donno
## 4  Hemigrapsus sanguineus Andrew Mountcastle
## 5  Hemigrapsus sanguineus       Jason Muller
## 6            Styela clava     George Hampson
## 7  Hemigrapsus sanguineus        carlin aloe
## 8           Ostrea edulis        Bruce Smith
## 9         Carcinus maenas      David Gorrill
## 10        Carcinus maenas       Jason Muller
## 11      Didemnum vexillum      David Gorrill
## 12     Littorina littorea      David Gorrill
## 13 Hemigrapsus sanguineus       Brian Cassie
## 14 Hemigrapsus sanguineus      David Gorrill
## 15       Sagartia elegans     Barbara Warren
## 16        Carcinus maenas       Brian Cassie
## 17 Hemigrapsus sanguineus        Judith Weis
## 18 Codium fragile fragile      David Gorrill
## 19 Hemigrapsus sanguineus       Carl Johnson