Corridor Marino - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Corridor Marino

Statistics

Occurrence records	491,622
Species level	152,729
Species	4,570
Taxa	6,620
Datasets	200
Time range	1837 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	637
No WoRMS match	2,145
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	434
No accepted name available	231,011

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	481,206	1,338
eventDate	13,170	0
maximumDepthInMeters	473,476	25
minimumDepthInMeters	464,559	0
occurrenceStatus	28,078	0
scientificName	826	0
scientificNameID	12,658	68

Spatial issues

Records on land	209,296
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,611

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Cocos Island National Park (Costa Rica): December 2022 Published 2024-12-08	194,372
UNESCO eDNA expedition in Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama), February 2023 Published 2024-12-08	140,159
Galapagos Subtidal Biodiversity Published 2024-01-04	70,171
HMAP Dataset 13: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador I Published 2025-03-20	9,998
HMAP Dataset 14: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador II Published 2025-03-20	9,049
HMAP Dataset 15: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador III Published 2025-03-20	8,409
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	8,133
Datos de monitoreo asociados al indicador de condición tendencias para arrecifes coralinos - ICTac Published 2022-03-07	6,718
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	3,165
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	3,018

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
Biota incertae sedis	230,674
Chordata Haeckel, 1874 Phylum Chordata	27,123
Animalia	17,094
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7,634
Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) EN Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	6,857
Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5,200
Actinopteri Phylum Chordata	4,350
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	4,284
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3,158
Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2,313

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen, 1913 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50	2023
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	398	2023
Hemiaulus sinensis Greville, 1865 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	46	2023
Chattonella marina (Subrahmanyan) Y.Hara & Chihara, 1982 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Raphidophyceae	342	2023
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	113	2023
Dolichomastix tenuilepis J.Throndsen & A.Zingone, 1997 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	150	2023
Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001 Phylum Chlorarachniophyta > Class Chlorarachniophyceae	71	2023
Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden, 2016 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Mamiellophyceae	647	2023
Boasia chierchiae (Boas, 1886) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	101	2023

Data providers

Name	Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	339,593
UNESCO-IOC	334,531
UNESCO-WHC	334,531
Coco Marine Conservation Area	194,372
Cocos Island National Park	194,372
Dirección de Areas Protegidas y Biodiversidad	140,159
Estación Científica Coiba AIP	140,159
Charles Darwin Foundation	71,077
Caribbean OBIS	70,171
Caribbean OBIS Node	70,171