Due South of Great Australian Bight - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Due South of Great Australian Bight

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,216
Species level	5,148
Species	154
Taxa	191
Datasets	31
Time range	1849 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	1
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	508

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,383	0
eventDate	13	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,353	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,362	0
occurrenceStatus	4,322	0
scientificNameID	195	222

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	4,289
IMOS - Zooplankton Abundance and Biomass Index (CPR) Published 2023-11-30	430
IMOS - Phytoplankton Abundance and Biovolume (CPR), Australia (2007 to present) Published 2023-11-30	205
RV Investigator Voyage IN2016_V01 Seabird Observations, Australia (2016) Published 2023-11-30	52
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	39
Tracking white-headed petrels (Pterodroma lessoni) in the Southern Ocean from Adams Island, New Zealand (2011-2014) Published 2023-08-11	36
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	27
At-Sea Observations of Seabirds 1969 to 1990, Tasman Sea, New Zealand and Australian waters Published 2022-06-06	26
Personal library collection of Martin Angel of published and unpublished Halocyprid (Ostracoda) occurrences Published 2025-03-20	20
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	18

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
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4,042
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	234
Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	40
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot, 1826) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	39
Tripos carriensis (Gourret) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	38
Tripos massiliensis (Gourret) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	35
Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	33
Pterodroma macroptera (Smith, 1840) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	27
Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	26
Pleuromamma piseki Farran, 1929 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	25

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Candacia bipinnata (Giesbrecht, 1889) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2020
Tripos horridus (Cleve) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2020
Sundstroemia setigera (Brightwell) Medlin in Medlin et al., 2021 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2020
Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2	2019
Dinophysis tripos Gourret, 1883 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2019
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Ceratocorys gourretii Paulsen, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2019
Corycaeus clausi Dahl F., 1894 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	7	2019
Sapphirina scarlata Giesbrecht, 1891 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	6	2019
Copilia hendorffi Dahl F., 1894 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	4,298
Macquarie University – Department of Biological Sciences	4,290
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	4,289
Australian Antarctic Division	4,289
British Antarctic Survey	4,289
Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center	4,289
Sorbonne Université	4,289
Université de La Rochelle, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé	4,289
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	4,289
Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre	4,289