Emperor Seamount Chain and Northern Hawaiian Ridge - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Emperor Seamount Chain and Northern Hawaiian Ridge

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,723
Species level	3,347
Species	364
Taxa	517
Datasets	43
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	104
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	23

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,242	196
eventDate	142	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,408	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,618	0
occurrenceStatus	170	0
scientificName	12	0
scientificNameID	197	14

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	109

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	3,988
NMFS Turtle Tracking Published 2021-04-24	1,153
SeamountsOnline Published 2023-07-07	987
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	629
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	170
TOPP Albatrosses 2002-06 Published	141
SWFSC juvenile loggerhead sea turtle tracking 2002-2005 Published 2022-03-03	79
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	78
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	67
PANGAEA - Data from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel Published 2025-03-20	58

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
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	1,230
Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	520
Antipatharia Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	434
Stylasteridae Gray, 1847 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	393
Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	362
Primnoidae Milne Edwards, 1857 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	258
Anthomastus Verrill, 1878 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	238
Paragorgia Milne Edwards, 1857 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	226
Chrysogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	173
Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	169

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	23	2019
Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	39	2019
Chrysogorgia geniculata (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	13	2019
Chrysogorgia japonica (Wright & Studer, 1889) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	4	2019
Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling, 2007 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	7	2019
Narella bowersi (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	9	2019
Primnoa wingi Cairns & Bayer, 2005 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	83	2019
Rhodaniridogorgia superba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	4	2019
Parastenella gymnogaster Cairns, 2007 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	51	2019
Antipathes sylospongia Opresko & Wagner, 2020 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	15	2019

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	5,145
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	4,158
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	3,988
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	3,988
Duke University	1,490
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	1,232
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	1,153
Scripps Institution of Oceanography	987
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	787
Univserity of California, Santa Cruz	141