Cahuita – Gandoca

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,137
Species level 989
Species 257
Taxa 277
Datasets 19
Time range 1964 - 2013

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 20
No WoRMS match 1
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 958 0
eventDate 30 0
maximumDepthInMeters 164 0
minimumDepthInMeters 162 0
occurrenceStatus 861 0
scientificNameID 48 49

Spatial issues

Records on land 112
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 0

Distribution

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

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
90
Agaricia Lamarck, 1801
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
58
Pterois Oken, 1817
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
48
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
44
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
32
Sparisoma rubripinne (Valenciennes, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
25
Haemulon macrostomum Günther, 1859
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
24
Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
24
Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
23
Microspathodon chrysurus (Cuvier, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
23

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Panulirus guttatus (Latreille, 1804)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2013
Cliona yorkin Pacheco, Carballo, Cruz-Barraza, Schönberg & Calcinai, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2012
Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2009
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1 2009
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU
Phylum Chordata
1 2004
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2001
Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
90 1999
Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
32 1999
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
44 1999
Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) CR
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
24 1999

Data providers

Name Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 875
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology Museum of Zoology 478
University of Costa Rica; Department of Biology; Museum of Zoology 478
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami 394
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research 140
Universidad Simon Bolivar 138
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 48
U.S. Geological Survey – Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 48
26
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 25