EBSA No. 7: Monowai Seamount - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 7: Monowai Seamount

Statistics

Occurrence records	248
Species level	132
Species	47
Taxa	101
Datasets	12
Time range	1849 - 2011

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	2
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	2

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	94	0
eventDate	13	0
maximumDepthInMeters	38	0
minimumDepthInMeters	31	0
occurrenceStatus	11	0
scientificName	2	0
scientificNameID	2	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	73

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	123
SeamountsOnline Published 2023-07-07	57
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	24
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	10
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	9
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	9
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	6
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	3
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	2
Tracks of breeding and non-breeding Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae) from Chatham Islands New Zealand (2008 - 2012) Published 2022-06-08	2

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
Bathymodiolus manusensis Hashimoto & Furuta, 2007 EN Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	16
Paralomis hirtella de Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12
Abyssocladia Lévi, 1964 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	9
Abyssocladia carcharias Kelly & Vacelet, 2011 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	7
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	6
Actiniaria Hertwig, 1882 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	6
Spondylus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	6
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	5
Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	5
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	5

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2011
Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2007
Abyssocladia inflata Vacelet, 2006 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2007
Ophiotreta valenciennesi (Lyman, 1879) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	2	2007
Nereis sandersi Blake, 1985 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2007
Paralomis hirtella de Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2007
Aglaometra valida (Carpenter, 1888) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea	2	2007
Bathymodiolus manusensis Hashimoto & Furuta, 2007 EN Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	5	2007
Auloplax sonnae Reiswig & Kelly, 2011 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	4	2007
Abyssocladia carcharias Kelly & Vacelet, 2011 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	5	2007

Data providers

Name	Records
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	148
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	59
Scripps Institution of Oceanography	57
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	10
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	10
WoRMS Steering Committee	10
National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Zoology, Tsukuba	9
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	9
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	6
Duke University	3