Gulf of Sirte - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Gulf of Sirte

Statistics

Occurrence records	229
Species level	223
Species	31
Taxa	37
Datasets	37
Time range	1910 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	1
No WoRMS match	2
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	58	64
eventDate	9	0
maximumDepthInMeters	211	0
minimumDepthInMeters	212	0
occurrenceStatus	9	0
scientificNameID	9	0

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Loggerhead satellite tracking data from Rethymno, Crete, Greece Published 2021-04-24	64
Satellite-tracking of loggerhead sea turtles tracked from western Mediterranean Published 2025-03-20	36
Cyprus 2018 (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2022-01-10	12
Global Marine biodiversity data from Seawatchers Marine Citizen Science Platform 1980-2020 Published 2025-03-20	9
Report on the Danish Oceanographical expeditions 1908-1910 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas - Pelagic Polychaetes Published 2024-02-26	7
WWF Italy (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	7
Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent seas- Calcareous Algae Published 2024-02-26	6
Northern Cyprus 2004: Loggerhead & Green Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	6
World Database of Nematodes Published 2025-03-20	5
Israel's sea turtle monitoring program (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2024-08-27	5

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	158
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	25
Aetideus armatus (Boeck, 1873) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	4
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Anchialina agilis (G.O. Sars, 1877) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2
Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2
Naiades cantrainii Delle Chiaje, 1830 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2
Vanadis formosa Claparède, 1870 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2
Lithothamnion corallioides (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) P.Crouan & H.Crouan, 1867 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	2
Lipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pomadasys incisus (Bowdich, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2013
Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Scorpaena notata Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2012
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2010
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	158	2005
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	25	2003
Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2002
Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	1999

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	139
SEATURTLE.ORG	74
Coonamessett Farm Foundation	64
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	51
Marine Turtle Research Group	45
Technical University of Valencia; Department of Transportation Infrastructures and Engineering	36
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture	13
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences	9
Duke University; Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab	9
Seaturtle.org	9