Delagoa shelf edge, canyons and slope - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Delagoa shelf edge, canyons and slope

Statistics

Occurrence records	10,257
Species level	8,190
Species	1,775
Taxa	2,274
Datasets	60
Time range	1758 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	3
No WoRMS match	321
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	37

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	8,284	404
eventDate	883	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,500	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,424	0
occurrenceStatus	7,711	0
scientificName	37	0
scientificNameID	500	11

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	93

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Natal Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	5,155
Ponta do Ouro zambezi shark tracking Published 2024-08-30	1,410
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	709
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	566
Marine species list for iSimangaliso Wetland Park 2009 Published 2017-01-26	536
Leatherback Tracking in South Africa Published 2021-04-24	404
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	248
Revealing migratory behaviour of South African leatherback turtles Published 2021-04-24	215
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Indian Ocean Published 2025-03-17	196
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	134

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
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1,135
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	620
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	278
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	196
Lucifer Thompson, 1829 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	74
Turritella cingulifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	72
Triphora Blainville, 1828 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	67
Lucifer typus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	65
Phos nodicostatus A. Adams, 1851 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	52
Terebra hoaraui Drivas & M. Jay, 1988 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	50

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2016
Thromidia seychellesensis Pope & Rowe, 1977 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2016
Cenometra emendatrix (Bell, 1892) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea	1	2016
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	9	2016
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	1	2014
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2014
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	6,500
KwaZulu-Natal Museum	5,155
Ocean Tracking Network	1,411
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board	1,411
Ocean Tracking Network	1,411
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	1,411
African Aquatic Conservation Fund	1,410
Marine Megafauna Foundation	1,410
Nelson Mandela University	1,410
Oceanographic Research Institute	1,410