Childs Bank (South Africa) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Childs Bank (South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	13,177
Species level	11,630
Species	296
Taxa	415
Datasets	26
Time range	1947 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	266
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2
No accepted name available	30

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	13,436	0
eventDate	46	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,721	0
minimumDepthInMeters	5,572	0
occurrenceStatus	12,929	0
scientificName	125	0
scientificNameID	355	3

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	526

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	11,072
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	1,020
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	367
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	265
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	134
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	125
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	81
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	29
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	13
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	10

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
Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	716
Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	599
Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	409
Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	394
Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	376
Coelorinchus simorhynchus Iwamoto & Anderson, 1994 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	376
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	365
Genypterus capensis (Smith, 1847) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	359
Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	299
Todarodes angolensis Adam, 1962 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	297

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Opisthoteuthis massyae (Grimpe, 1920) VU Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2012
Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	2	2012
Chtenopteryx sicula (Vérany, 1851) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2010
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2009
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2009
Opisthoteuthis calypso Villanueva, M. A. Collins, P. Sánchez & N. A. Voss, 2002 VU Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2008
Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2007
Amphiura (Amphiura) atlantica Ljungman, 1867 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2007
Amphipholis strata Mortensen, 1933 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2007
Ophiura (Ophiura) trimeni Bell, 1905 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2007

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	12,565
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	12,093
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	1,021
iziko South African Museum	470
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	265
British Antarctic Survey	144
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	136
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	134
Australian Antarctic Division	134
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	134