EBSA No. 9: New Hebrides Trench Region - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 9: New Hebrides Trench Region

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,290
Species level	5,181
Species	1,324
Taxa	1,677
Datasets	49
Time range	1849 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	127
No WoRMS match	132
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	8
No accepted name available	47

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,883	371
eventDate	2,615	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,134	238
minimumDepthInMeters	2,623	238
occurrenceStatus	2,998	0
scientificName	105	0
scientificNameID	302	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	349
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,647

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	979
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	776
Benthic species from the tropical Pacific surrounding New Caledonia Published 2025-03-20	750
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	679
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	443
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	310
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	263
The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) in the southwest Pacific region Published 2020-06-07	254
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	243
Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands Published 2018-08-08	218

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
Stephanophyllia neglecta Boschma, 1923 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	62
Flabellum (Flabellum) pavoninum Lesson, 1831 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	55
Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) brevispina Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	51
Deltocyathus crassiseptum Cairns, 1999 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	50
Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	48
Madrepora porcellana (Moseley, 1880) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	48
Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) vasiformis Bourne, 1903 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	47
Fungiacyathus (Fungiacyathus) stephanus (Alcock, 1893) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	46
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	45
Truncatoflabellum mortenseni Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	45

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2014
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	3	2014
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2014
Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	8	2014
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2012
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2009
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2009
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2005
Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus Randall & Nagareda, 2002 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2005
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2004

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	1,639
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,131
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	1,094
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	947
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	753
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Nouméa	750
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	750
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Department Systematics and Evolution	750
Australian Museum	687
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	679