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Guatemala: all

Statistics

Occurrence records	22,565
Species level	21,185
Species	977
Taxa	1,218
Datasets	67
Time range	1899 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	254
No WoRMS match	2,171
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	134

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	23,740	247
eventDate	790	0
maximumDepthInMeters	24,568	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,337	0
occurrenceStatus	1,468	0
scientificName	117	0
scientificNameID	3,870	173

Spatial issues

Records on land	761
More than 20 km from shore	3
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	20,325
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	415
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	182
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	130
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2003, Cruise 1624 Published 2022-03-03	120
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 1998, Cruise 1612 Published 2022-03-03	108
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	105
Pacific turtle tracks: Turtle-Safe Seas Project Published 2021-04-24	99
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, PODS 1992, Cruise 1468 Published 2022-03-03	96
SWFSC Marine Mammal Survey, STAR 2000, Cruise 1615 Published 2022-03-03	92

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Neogloboquadrina dutertrei (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	402
Bulimina striata d'Orbigny in Guérin-Méneville, 1832 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	337
Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady, 1881) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	299
Hansenisca soldanii (d'Orbigny, 1826) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	274
Globorotalia menardii (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	266
Hoeglundina elegans (d'Orbigny, 1826) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	263
Lobatula wuellerstorfi (Schwager, 1866) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	256
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	237
Globigerinita glutinata (Egger, 1893) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	227
Eubuliminella subfusiformis (Cushman, 1925) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	221

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2022
Pyrodinium bahamense L.Plate, 1906	2	2022
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2013
Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2013
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	3	2009
Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2006
Hirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2004
Centrophryne spinulosa Regan & Trewavas, 1932 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2003

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	20,330
Duke University	1,065
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla	817
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center	501
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	415
InvertEBase	185
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	182
Swedish Museum of Natural History	130
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	120
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	112