EBSA No. 21: Northern New Zealand/South Fiji Basin - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 21: Northern New Zealand/South Fiji Basin

Statistics

Occurrence records	263
Species level	224
Species	55
Taxa	86
Datasets	21
Time range	1849 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	9
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	61	1
eventDate	26	0
maximumDepthInMeters	81	0
minimumDepthInMeters	78	0
occurrenceStatus	38	0
scientificName	8	0
scientificNameID	9	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	2

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis) geolocation tracking from Burgess Island, Mokohinau Group, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand (2011-2012) Published 2022-06-06	58
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	55
Tracking of fluttering shearwaters (Puffinus gavia) from Mokohinau Islands, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand (2011-12) using geolocaters Published 2022-06-08	25
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	21
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	17
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	15
Tracks of breeding and non-breeding Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae) from Chatham Islands New Zealand (2008 - 2012) Published 2022-06-08	14
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	13
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	11
Tracking of Buller's shearwaters adults from Aorangi Island, Poor Knights, from March 2011 to February 2013. Published 2022-06-08	10

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
Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	58
Puffinus gavia (Forster, 1844) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	25
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	17
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	14
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	14
Puffinus bulleri Salvin, 1888 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10
Walteria leuckarti Ijima, 1896 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	6
Ophiurida Müller & Troschel, 1840 sensu O'Hara et al., 2017 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	5
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5
Crenarctus crenatus (Whitelegge, 1900) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2017
Aulocalyx serialis Dendy, 1916 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2017
Walteria leuckarti Ijima, 1896 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	3	2017
Farrea similaris Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2017
Farrea raoulensis Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2017
Saccocalyx tetractinus Reiswig & Kelly, 2018 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2017
Nubes poculiformis Reiswig, Dohrmann & Kelly, 2021 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2	2017
Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2012
Puffinus assimilis Gould, 1838 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	58	2011
Puffinus gavia (Forster, 1844) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	25	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	139
Department of Conservation- Wellington Office	110
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	74
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	21
Australian Museum	21
Duke University	18
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	17
WCS Canada	17
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	15
Australian Antarctic Division	15