Coastal lagoons and Islands off Baja California and Offshore Waters Complex, Mexico - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Coastal lagoons and Islands off Baja California and Offshore Waters Complex, Mexico

Statistics

Occurrence records	9,592
Species level	6,916
Species	916
Taxa	1,138
Datasets	65
Time range	1849 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	20
No WoRMS match	291
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	15
No accepted name available	930

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,126	229
eventDate	3,281	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,342	68
minimumDepthInMeters	5,489	68
occurrenceStatus	5,050	0
scientificName	177	0
scientificNameID	2,091	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	642
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,031

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,710
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,379
Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group Published 2022-06-06	1,364
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	967
Zooplancton en Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico Published 2021-11-19	435
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	427
MARINe/PISCO: Intertidal: MARINe Coastal Biodiversity Surveys: Point Contact Surveys Summarized Published 2024-11-11	423
Happywhale - Gray whale in North Pacific Ocean Published 2025-03-17	405
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	242
Hyperiid amphipod abundances from the California Current (24-32°N) Published 2025-03-20	190

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
Pisces Phylum Chordata	910
Animalia	442
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	407
Eisenia arborea J.E.Areschoug, 1876 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	348
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	346
Laminaria J.V. Lamouroux, 1813 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	341
Pterygophora californica Ruprecht, 1852 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	341
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	192
Panulirus interruptus (Randall, 1840) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	151
Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	106

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Pyxidicula compressa J.W.Bailey, 1851 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2014
Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2012
Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2012
Pterocladiella capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2011
Distaplia smithi Abbott & Trason, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea	2	2011
Rhodymenia californica Kylin, 1931 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	3	2011
Chondria decipiens Kylin, 1941 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	2,710
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,813
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,393
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,390
Boston University, Department of Biology	1,364
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	1,364
Coastal Marine Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University	1,364
Duke University	971
Swedish Museum of Natural History	967
Happywhale	604