EBSA No 11: Samoan Archipelago - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No 11: Samoan Archipelago

Statistics

Occurrence records	530,747
Species level	224,156
Species	2,440
Taxa	3,617
Datasets	78
Time range	1834 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	140
No WoRMS match	41,402
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4,263
No accepted name available	176

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	44,757	60
eventDate	4,722	0
maximumDepthInMeters	16,634	71
minimumDepthInMeters	16,428	0
occurrenceStatus	46,797	0
scientificName	149	0
scientificNameID	51,963	31

Spatial issues

Records on land	4,204
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	46,820

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V03, 170W, Pacific Ocean (2016) Published 2022-08-09	262,072
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Stratified random surveys (StRS) of reef fish in the U.S. Pacific Islands Published 2021-08-25	145,443
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Science Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Belt Transect Surveys (BLT) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2009 Published 2023-01-27	32,505
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	26,017
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	18,748
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessment of Benthic Habitat Cover in the Pacific Ocean 2005-2010 Published	9,153
CRED REA Algal Quadrate Images in the Pacific Ocean 2002-2008 Published	6,034
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Samoa 2005 Published 2020-03-04	4,034
Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program: Rapid Ecological Assessments of Fish Large-Area Stationary Point Count Surveys (SPC) at Coral Reef Sites across the Pacific Ocean from 2000 to 2007 Published 2021-08-25	3,167
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	3,154

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	61,010
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	32,203
Bacteria	22,916
Nitrosopumilaceae Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis	18,974
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	17,863
Montipora Blainville, 1830 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	13,623
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	11,265
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	9,783
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	8,545
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	8,404

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Farrea occa Bowerbank, 1862 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	115	2019
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	4	2019
Candidella gigantea (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	20	2019
Narella horrida (Versluys, 1906) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2019
Calyptrophora wyvillei Wright, 1885 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	6	2019
Pteridopathes tanycrada Opresko, 2004 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2019
Annella reticulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	44	2019
Calyptrophora diaphana Cairns, 2012 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2019
Pheronemoides fungosus Gong & Li, 2017 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	12	2019
Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	263,169
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	263,118
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	184,296
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	184,272
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	181,115
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	40,631
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	39,780
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	28,686
Pacific Community	7,139
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	7,139