Arabian Basin - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Arabian Basin

Statistics

Occurrence records	8,397
Species level	3,608
Species	394
Taxa	575
Datasets	29
Time range	1852 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	167
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	50
No accepted name available	422

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	8,462	0
eventDate	243	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,560	0
minimumDepthInMeters	701	0
occurrenceStatus	331	0
scientificName	4	0
scientificNameID	128	93

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	5,762
PANGAEA - Data from Tübingen University Published 2025-03-20	1,117
PANGAEA - Data from Biogeochemical fluxes of matter and energy in the deep sea (BIGSET) Published 2025-03-20	580
Biogeographic data from BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre Published 2025-03-20	279
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	172
PANGAEA - Data from Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOF) Published 2025-03-20	95
Ostracods of the family Halocyprididae from the northwestern Indian Ocean Published 2018-08-08	66
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	52
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	48
PANGAEA - Data from Climate: Long-range investigation, mapping and prediction (CLIMAP) Published 2025-03-20	43

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	453
Animalia	369
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	315
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	300
Biota	283
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	255
Bacteria	208
Synechococcus Nägeli, 1849 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	207
Prochlorococcus S.W.Chisholm, S.L.Frankel, R.Goericke, R.J.Olson, B.Palenik, J.B.Waterbury, L.West-Johnsrud & E.R.Zettler, 1992 Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae	204
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	181

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Onychoteuthis banksii (Leach, 1817) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2016
Ornithoteuthis volatilis (Sasaki, 1915) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2016
Astronesthes indopacificus Parin & Borodulina, 1997 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2016
Bathophilus proximus Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2016
Abralia andamanica E. S. Goodrich, 1896 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2016
Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2016
Bathophilus novicki Barnett & Gibbs, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2016
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	5	2013
Dinophysis parvula (Schütt) Balech, 1967 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2001
Ptychodiscus noctiluca Stein, 1883 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2001

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	5,762
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	5,762
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	1,907
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	1,117
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences	580
British Oceanographic Data Centre	279
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	279
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	232
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	172
The National Science Foundation	95