High seas Turtle Migration Corridor - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

High seas Turtle Migration Corridor

Statistics

Occurrence records	7,146
Species level	1,810
Species	194
Taxa	359
Datasets	43
Time range	1837 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	23
No WoRMS match	165
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	332

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	7,225	0
eventDate	2,865	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,404	0
minimumDepthInMeters	3,647	0
occurrenceStatus	3,235	0
scientificName	13	0
scientificNameID	282	44

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,583
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	2,879
IndOBIS Dataset (90001-92000) Published 2022-01-19	118
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790) Published 2022-01-19	72
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	67
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	60
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	58
IndOBIS Dataset (8001-10000) Published 2021-12-23	40
IndOBIS Dataset (88001-90000) Published 2022-01-17	39
Bangladesh Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project-Marinelife Alliance (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published	30

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	204
Pisces Phylum Chordata	192
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	175
Echinodermata Klein, 1778 Phylum Echinodermata	120
Protozoa Owen, 1858	117
Nemertea Phylum Nemertea	117
Thaliacea Van der Hoeven, 1850 Phylum Chordata > Class Thaliacea	99
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	97
Animalia	96
Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1795 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	94

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2012
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	1	2010
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	45	2010
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	2	2008
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2005
Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832 [1833]) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2005
Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1997
Halichoeres socialis Randall & Lobel, 2003 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1997
Argyropelecus hemigymnus Cocco, 1829 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1986
Charybdis (Archias) smithii Macleay, 1838 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	1986

Data providers

Name	Records
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,585
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,583
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	2,956
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	2,879
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	326
Swedish Museum of Natural History	67
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	60
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa	58
National Chemical Laboratory; Information Division	58
Duke University	48