EBSA No. 8: New Britain Trench Region - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 8: New Britain Trench Region

Statistics

Occurrence records	19,819
Species level	8,594
Species	2,210
Taxa	3,569
Datasets	86
Time range	1824 - 2015

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	231
No WoRMS match	212
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	23
No accepted name available	248

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	13,872	6
eventDate	8,097	0
maximumDepthInMeters	11,076	0
minimumDepthInMeters	11,312	0
occurrenceStatus	7,597	0
scientificName	132	0
scientificNameID	909	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	3,017
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,007

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2020-06-07	5,058
The crustaceans collection (IU) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	3,743
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	1,899
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1,840
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) Published 2023-06-28	801
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2018-08-08	688
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	684
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection - marine records Published 2023-06-28	521
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	500
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	483

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
Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	325
Bacteria	239
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	224
Cerithiidae J. Fleming, 1822 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	213
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	203
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	190
Costellariidae MacDonald, 1860 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	160
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	148
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	145
Terebridae Mörch, 1852 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	141

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Hydroides albiceps (Grube, 1870) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2015
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2015
Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	5	2015
Squalus montalbani Whitley, 1931 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2015
Hydroides longispinosa Imajima, 1976 [original] Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2015
Pista kimberliensis Hutchings & Glasby, 1990 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2015
Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	31	2014
Calanopia elliptica (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	21	2014
Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	36	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	9,532
Southwestern Pacific OBIS Node	5,058
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	4,436
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	3,283
Australian Museum	2,467
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1,840
National Natural History Museum Paris	684
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	524
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	500
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	466