Complexe de Santa Luzia (Cape Verde) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Complexe de Santa Luzia (Cape Verde)

Statistics

Occurrence records	61
Species level	49
Species	35
Taxa	41
Datasets	16
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	3
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	44	0
eventDate	20	0
maximumDepthInMeters	45	0
minimumDepthInMeters	40	0
occurrenceStatus	11	0
scientificNameID	4	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	6
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	4

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS) Published 2025-03-20	16
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	16
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	8
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Cnidaria Collection (Cnidaria) Published 2025-03-20	4
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Mollusca Collection (Mollusca) Published 2025-03-20	4
Happywhale - Humpback whale in North Atlantic Ocean Published 2025-03-17	3
Newport Aquarium 2004: Loggerhead Turtle (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	1
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2004: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	1
Cold water corals Published 2025-03-20	1
Australian Museum Marine Invertebrate Collection Published 2023-06-28	1

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
Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3
Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2
Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2
Thoracactis topsenti Gravier, 1918 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2
Clathria (Thalysias) vacata Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2
Mycale (Arenochalina) africamucosa Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2014
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2004
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	1986
Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	1986
Pterodroma madeira Mathews, 1934 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	1986
Achelia tenuipes Stock, 1990 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Pycnogonida	1	1986
Clathria (Thalysias) vacata Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2013 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	1986
Spiraserpula ypsilon Pillai & Ten Hove, 1994 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	1982
Mycale (Arenochalina) africamucosa Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2014 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	1982
Sertularella fusiformis (Hincks, 1861) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	1901

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	41
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea	16
Bureau Waardenburg bv – Ecology & Landscape	16
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Research and Technology Centre	16
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	16
WoRMS Steering Committee	16
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	10
Universidad Simon Bolivar	8
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	8
University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum	8