Iles Eparses (part of the Mozambique Channel) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Iles Eparses (part of the Mozambique Channel)

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,137
Species level	1,618
Species	991
Taxa	1,256
Datasets	28
Time range	1964 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	31
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	7

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,762	356
eventDate	92	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,991	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,995	0
occurrenceStatus	2,218	0
scientificName	2	0
scientificNameID	1,813	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	15
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	72

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	1,721
IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790) Published 2022-01-19	388
Cordio East Africa Reef Building Corals 2014 Published 2017-01-13	369
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	351
The echinoderm collection (IE) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published 2025-03-20	111
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific (DIPnet) Published	53
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	29
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	21
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	18
SIO Marine Bird and Mammal Survey 2004 Published 2021-04-24	14

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
Onychoprion Wagler, 1832 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	157
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	64
Mollusca Phylum Mollusca	54
Cantellius Ross & Newman, 1973 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	48
Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 Phylum Chordata	46
Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	38
Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	36
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	36
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	34
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	31

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Prionocidaris pistillaris (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2017
Stereocidaris indica Döderlein, 1901 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	2	2017
Echinocyamus crispus Mazzetti, 1893 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Echinocyamus scaber de Meijere, 1903 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	6	2017
Aspidodiadema tonsum A. Agassiz, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	6	2017
Histocidaris formosa Mortensen, 1928 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Micropyga tuberculata A. Agassiz, 1879 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	13	2017
Stereocidaris leucacantha A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1907 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	5	2017
Stylocidaris reini (Döderlein, 1887) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017
Bathysalenia phoinissa (A. Agassiz & H.L. Clark, 1908) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2017

Data providers

Name	Records
Florida Museum of Natural History	1,721
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	396
Duke University	375
Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean	369
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	361
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	361
National Natural History Museum Paris	111
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network	53
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	41
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	29