EBSA No. 25: Palau Southwest EBSA (Dims) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 25: Palau Southwest EBSA (Dims)

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,868
Species level	6,077
Species	1,118
Taxa	1,370
Datasets	23
Time range	1929 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	106
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,804	3
eventDate	2,872	0
maximumDepthInMeters	6,881	0
minimumDepthInMeters	6,448	0
occurrenceStatus	6,798	0
scientificName	29	0
scientificNameID	1,044	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	31
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	6

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2,825
Ichthyology Collection - Royal Ontario Museum Published	1,544
Fish specimens Published	1,334
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	375
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	368
Marine data from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum Published 2023-03-20	142
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	117
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	63
A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks Published 2018-11-12	51
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	7

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
Eviota Jenkins, 1903 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	106
Trimma macrophthalmum (Tomiyama, 1936) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	92
Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	66
Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	63
Trimma preclarum Winterbottom, 2006 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	58
Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella, 1980 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	57
Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	49
Pseudochromis bitaeniatus (Fowler, 1931) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	46
Pseudogramma polyacantha (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	45
Callogobius Bleeker, 1874 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2021
Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	44	2008
Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	38	2008
Trimma preclarum Winterbottom, 2006 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	52	2008
Trimma stobbsi Winterbottom, 2001 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26	2008
Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	33	2008
Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella, 1980 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	37	2008
Eviota pellucida Larson, 1976 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	28	2008
Trimma macrophthalmum (Tomiyama, 1936) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	60	2008
Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26	2008

Data providers

Name	Records
Royal Ontario Museum	2,878
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	2,825
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,392
InvertEBase	375
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	375
California Academy of Sciences	372
VertNet	143
Bishop Museum	142
Berkeley Natural History Museums	142
Technical Innovations, Inc.	142