Intertidal Areas of East Asian Shallow Seas - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Intertidal Areas of East Asian Shallow Seas

Statistics

Occurrence records	5,830
Species level	5,633
Species	155
Taxa	223
Datasets	46
Time range	1931 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	185
No WoRMS match	112
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	10

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	5,086	21
eventDate	171	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,153	0
minimumDepthInMeters	5,143	0
occurrenceStatus	452	0
scientificNameID	900	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	4,265
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae Published 2024-05-16	4,312
Tracking of Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) (2017-2021) Published 2022-12-08	954
mabik_mo Published 2024-12-18	94
Queensland Museum Other Invertebrates - marine records Published 2023-06-28	74
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Annelid Collection Published 2023-06-28	56
mabik_cr Published 2024-12-18	54
NCOS1959_Crustacea Published 2024-11-10	35
mabik_na Published 2024-12-18	31
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	22
Distribution of small cetaceans in the nearshore waters of Sarawak, East Malaysia Published 2021-04-24	21

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
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,192
Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	345
Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	301
Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	283
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	279
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	272
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	269
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	243
Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	242
Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	239

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sagmatias obliquidens (Gill, 1865) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2022
Urothoe grimaldii Chevreux, 1895 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	9	2021
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2021
Armandia lanceolata Willey, 1905 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	10	2021
Perinereis linea (Treadwell, 1936) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	9	2021
Penicillium citrinum Thom, 1910 Phylum Ascomycota > Class Eurotiomycetes	1	2020
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2017
Portunus trituberculatus (Miers, 1876) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2014
Microarthridion littorale (Poppe, 1881) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2	2013
Raphidopus ciliatus Stimpson, 1858 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	30	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment	4,312
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,127
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland	954
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea	180
Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao	91
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity	76
Queensland Museum	76
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	57
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory	56
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	27