EBSA No.16: Equatorial High-Productivity Zone - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No.16: Equatorial High-Productivity Zone

Statistics

Occurrence records	416,774
Species level	151,580
Species	3,001
Taxa	4,774
Datasets	113
Time range	1841 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	19
No WoRMS match	33,923
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4,027
No accepted name available	864

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	62,184	10,572
eventDate	17,737	0
maximumDepthInMeters	48,711	662
minimumDepthInMeters	32,950	80
occurrenceStatus	52,082	0
scientificName	777	0
scientificNameID	43,269	290

Spatial issues

Records on land	4,746
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2,249

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V03, 170W, Pacific Ocean (2016) Published 2022-08-09	223,491
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	65,499
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	22,948
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	16,142
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	14,496
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	11,335
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	10,844
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	7,073
SPC PROCFish/C Fish Observations Kiribati 2004 Published 2019-01-28	5,360
CRED Rapid Ecological Assessments of Coral Population in the Pacific Ocean 2007-2010 Published	5,133

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
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	56,004
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	23,464
Bacteria	23,429
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	18,137
Nitrosopumilaceae Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis	8,934
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	8,152
Rhodospirillales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	8,130
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	7,878
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	6,701
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	5,701

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2021
Hydrodendron gorgonoide (G.O. Sars, 1874) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	6	2019
Thouarella (Euthouarella) hilgendorfi (Studer, 1879) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	16	2019
Rhodaniridogorgia superba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Narella alata Cairns & Bayer, 2008 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Calyptrophora pileata Cairns, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Pheronemoides fungosus Gong & Li, 2017 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	43	2019
Narella merga Cairns, 2018 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2019
Pheronemoides crustiformis Gong, Li & Lee, 2020 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	30	2019
Pterocaesio lativittata Carpenter, 1987 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	225,475
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	225,189
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	117,852
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	117,785
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System	90,799
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	32,088
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	17,063
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	16,142
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	16,142
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	14,496