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Eastern Caribbean

Statistics

Occurrence records	377,961
Species level	309,609
Species	4,519
Taxa	5,960
Datasets	131
Time range	1793 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2,322
No WoRMS match	2,909
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,915
No accepted name available	9,299

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	49,822	325,914
eventDate	15,593	0
maximumDepthInMeters	364,940	0
minimumDepthInMeters	357,585	0
occurrenceStatus	38,611	0
scientificName	613	0
scientificNameID	11,385	1,093

Spatial issues

Records on land	35,599
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3,037

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
University of Liverpool seabird tracking in Anguilla 2012-2015 Published 2021-04-24	220,812
Macrophytes occurrence data within French Mediterranen Lagoon since 2006 Published 2025-03-20	51,324
Dataset of French Observation and Monitoring program for Phytoplankton and Hydrology in coastal waters since 1987 Published 2025-03-20	50,993
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	11,033
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	4,270
PANGAEA - Data from Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences Published 2025-03-20	4,062
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	3,602
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment - Benthic Published 2020-06-09	3,461
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	3,309
Fish specimens Published	3,217

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
Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	148,292
Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	26,514
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	26,224
Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	19,671
Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,288
Bacillariaceae Ehrenberg, 1831 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,132
Pennales Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,076
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,064
Gymnodinium F.Stein, 1878 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,974
Gymnodiniales Lemmermann, 1910 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1,898

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Lampadena luminosa (Garman, 1899) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Decapterus tabl Berry, 1968 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2022
Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	6	2021
Oxytoxum adriaticum Schiller, 1937 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2021
Sabulodinium undulatum R.D.Saunders & J.D.Dodge, 1984 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2021
Coccorella atlantica (Parr, 1928) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2021
Navicula bomboides A.W.F.Schmidt, 1874 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	6	2021
Cubiceps baxteri McCulloch, 1923 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2021
Prorocentrum rhathymum Loeblich III, Sherley & Schmidt, 1979 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4	2021

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	223,340
University of Liverpool	220,812
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	110,518
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	102,648
Cépralmar	51,324
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Nantes	50,993
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	15,860
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	11,033
Royal Ontario Museum	6,819
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	5,748