Galapagos

Statistics

Occurrence records 115,248
Species level 96,219
Species 1,759
Taxa 2,627
Datasets 122
Time range 1837 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 119
No WoRMS match 686
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 131
No accepted name available 62

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 108,454 404
eventDate 4,483 0
maximumDepthInMeters 111,281 1
minimumDepthInMeters 108,436 0
occurrenceStatus 9,094 0
scientificName 313 0
scientificNameID 4,382 12

Spatial issues

Records on land 6,673
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 853

Top datasets

Dataset Records
Galapagos Subtidal Biodiversity
Published 2024-01-04
70,171
HMAP Dataset 13: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador I
Published 2025-03-20
9,998
HMAP Dataset 14: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador II
Published 2025-03-20
9,049
HMAP Dataset 15: Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador III
Published 2025-03-20
8,409
FishNet2 Marine Data
Published 2023-12-19
3,153
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Published 2025-03-20
2,269
CAS Ichthyology (ICH)
Published 2025-03-17
1,939
Marine mammal sightings off Galápagos
Published 2021-04-24
1,884
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Published
976
World Ocean Database 2009
Published 2020-11-17
797

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
7,632
Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) EN
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea
6,855
Panulirus gracilis Streets, 1871
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
5,195
Mycteroperca olfax (Jenyns, 1840) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2,002
Bodianus diplotaenia (Gill, 1862)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,492
Stegastes beebei (Nichols, 1924)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,464
Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns, 1840)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,454
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,424
Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,325
Ophioblennius steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
1,311

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Callistephanus pacificus Nutting, 1912
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
2 2023
Mycale (Carmia) cecilia de Laubenfels, 1936
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
12 2022
Tetraclita squamosa (Bruguière, 1789)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca
1 2022
Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2022
Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus Randall, Matsuura & Zama, 1978
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
2 2022
Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822)
Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata
2 2022
Tedania (Tedania) tropicalis Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2018
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2022
Higginsia johannae Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
7 2022
Tethya sorbetus Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
7 2022
Haliclona (Soestella) roslynae Sim-Smith, Hickman & Kelly, 2021
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2022

Data providers

Name Records
Charles Darwin Foundation 70,953
Caribbean OBIS 70,171
Caribbean OBIS Node 70,171
Fundación Charles Darwin 28,015
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative 27,456
The University of Dublin, Trinity College 27,456
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 3,153
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 2,993
Duke University 2,918
California Academy of Sciences 2,130