Benham Rise - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Benham Rise

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,219
Species level	925
Species	49
Taxa	92
Datasets	4
Time range	1909 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	136
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	29

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,347	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,090	0
occurrenceStatus	1	0
scientificNameID	159	32

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	954
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	256
Tracking of Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) (2017-2021) Published 2022-12-08	8
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	1

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
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	85
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	57
Globigerinoides conglobatus (Brady, 1879) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	43
Globoturborotalita nepenthes (Todd, 1957) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	42
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	36
Globorotalia menardii (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	35
Beella praedigitata (Parker, 1967) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	34
Globorotalia plesiotumida Banner & Blow, 1965 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	34
Pulleniatina primalis Banner & Blow, 1967 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	31
Globigerinoides bollii Blow, 1959 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	31

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	8	2019
Globigerinoides conglobatus (Brady, 1879) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	43	1973
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	36	1973
Globorotalia menardii (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	35	1973
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny, 1839 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	57	1973
Pulleniatina primalis Banner & Blow, 1967 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	31	1973
Beella praedigitata (Parker, 1967) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	34	1973
Globoturborotalita nepenthes (Todd, 1957) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	42	1973
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	85	1973
Globorotalia plesiotumida Banner & Blow, 1965 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	34	1973

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	954
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	256
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	256
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	8
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland	8
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1