Browns Bank (South Africa) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Browns Bank (South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,567
Species level	4,853
Species	250
Taxa	308
Datasets	24
Time range	1957 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	107
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	27

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,662	1
eventDate	11	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,087	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,963	0
occurrenceStatus	5,476	0
scientificName	36	0
scientificNameID	135	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	258

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	3,748
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	950
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	511
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	135
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	135
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	31
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	15
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	7
South Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection - marine records Published 2023-06-28	6
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	5

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	477
Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	241
Loligo reynaudii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	202
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	201
Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	179
Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	176
Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	176
Squalus megalops (MacLeay, 1881) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	165
Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	136
Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	135

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) aristulata Lyman, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2014
Coelorinchus kaiyomaru Arai & Iwamoto, 1979 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Ophiolycus dentatus (Lyman, 1878) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2014
Ophiuroglypha costata (Lyman, 1878) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2014
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2013
Gorgonocephalus chilensis (Philippi, 1858) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2012
Ophiothamnus remotus Lyman, 1878 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2012
Ophiomyxa tenuispina Mortensen, 1933 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2008
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2007
Astrothorax waitei (Benham, 1909) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	3	2007

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	4,871
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	4,698
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	950
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	515
British Antarctic Survey	513
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	513
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	511
Australian Antarctic Division	511
Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center	511
Sorbonne Université	511