Inland Sea Areas of Western Kyushu - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Inland Sea Areas of Western Kyushu

Statistics

Occurrence records	15,775
Species level	11,756
Species	525
Taxa	633
Datasets	34
Time range	1931 - 2020

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	81
No WoRMS match	286
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	390
No accepted name available	1,056

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	15,935	0
eventDate	194	0
maximumDepthInMeters	9,279	0
minimumDepthInMeters	9,278	0
occurrenceStatus	182	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	803	117

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae Published 2024-05-16	4,406
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	4,049
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	3,434
Survey data of tidal flats on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ Published 2024-06-14	1,287
Survey data of algal beds on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ Published 2024-06-14	766
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929 Published 2024-05-31	599
Survey data of rocky shores on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ Published 2024-06-14	553
Kelp Dataset Published 2024-06-14	353
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	129
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	31

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
Animalia	577
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	574
Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	463
Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	428
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	419
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	410
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	367
Nitzschia A.H. Hassall, 1845 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	364
Skeletonema R.K. Greville, 1865 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	363
Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	361

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Capitulum mitella (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	23	2016
Echinophyllia orpheensis Veron & Pichon, 1980 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2015
Turbinaria mesenterina (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2015
Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2014
Halymenia dilatata Zanardini, 1851 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	3	2014
Dictyota coriacea (Holmes) I.K.Wang, H.-S.Kim & W.J.Lee, 2004 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	14	2014
Cerithium coralium Kiener, 1841 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	2014
Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	2	2014
Dosinia japonica (Reeve, 1850) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2014
Timoclea micra (Pilsbry, 1904) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment	4,406
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	4,049
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	4,049
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	3,434
Ministry of the Environment	2,606
National Institute for Environmental Studies	603
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka	599
University of Tsukuba, Shimoda Marine Research Center	599
Nanki‐Kumano Geopark Center	599
National Institute for Environmental Studies	599