EBSA No. 1.: Phoenix Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 1.: Phoenix Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	138,258
Species level	5,264
Species	879
Taxa	1,571
Datasets	36
Time range	1841 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2
No WoRMS match	18,213
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,252
No accepted name available	127

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,578	542
eventDate	1,272	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,979	100
minimumDepthInMeters	3,956	0
occurrenceStatus	3,159	0
scientificName	27	0
scientificNameID	23,204	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	333
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	18

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine Microbes from RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V03, 170W, Pacific Ocean (2016) Published 2022-08-09	131,214
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	2,528
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	1,673
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,005
Baseline Marine Biological Surveys of the Phoenix Islands, July 2000 Published 2024-03-20	945
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	114
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	111
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	110
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	85
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	77

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	32,994
Bacteria	14,096
Syndiniales Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	13,016
Thermoplasmata Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	9,697
Nitrosopumilaceae Phylum Thaumarchaeota > Class Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis	7,223
Rhodospirillales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	4,928
Dinophyceae Fritsch, 1927 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	4,296
Cyanobacteria Stanier ex Cavalier-Smith, 2002 Phylum Cyanobacteria	3,978
Pseudomonadales Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	3,857
Amoebophrya Koeppen, 1894 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2,905

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	59	2017
Walteria flemmingii Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	25	2017
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	104	2017
Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	35	2017
Narella vermifera Cairns & Bayer, 2008 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	13	2017
Calyptrophora diaphana Cairns, 2012 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	16	2017
Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	37	2017
Paracalyptrophora hawaiiensis Cairns, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	98	2017
Pleurocorallium porcellanum (Pasternak, 1981) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	197	2017
Ramuligorgia militaris (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	51	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	131,350
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	131,325
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2,707
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2,593
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	2,528
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	2,528
Florida Museum of Natural History	1,673
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,005
CORDIO-East Africa	945
NAI'A Cruises	945