Cold Seeps - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Cold Seeps

Statistics

Occurrence records	210
Species level	72
Species	49
Taxa	123
Datasets	11
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	13
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	4

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	202	2
eventDate	1	0
maximumDepthInMeters	193	0
minimumDepthInMeters	193	0
occurrenceStatus	41	0
scientificNameID	10	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	10

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	148
Biodiversity Research Museum, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Published	40
Biological observations from the Dana Expedition Reports Published 2019-10-30	7
Loggerhead turtle movement off the coast of Taiwan Published 2021-04-24	5
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	3
Tracking of Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) (2017-2021) Published 2022-12-08	2
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1
TOPP Summary of SSM-derived Telemetry Published 2021-04-28	1
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	1
Green sea turtle satellite tracking in the Nansha and Penghu Archipelagos 2000-2005 Published 2021-04-24	1

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

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Scientific name	Records
Congridae Kaup, 1856 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9
Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Myctophidae Gill, 1893 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	5
Pisces Phylum Chordata	4
Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Apogonidae Günther, 1859 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Labridae Cuvier, 1816 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Pomacentridae Bonaparte, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2019
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2016
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2006
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	5	2005
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	1	2004
Rondeletia loricata Abe & Hotta, 1963 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2002
Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Lütken, 1892) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2002
Chauliodus sloani Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2002
Diaphus fragilis Tåning, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2002
Sigmops gracilis (Günther, 1878) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2002

Data providers

Name	Records
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	148
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	40
Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica	40
Duke University	10
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	7
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	5
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	5
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	4
WCS Canada	3
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland	2