Juan de Fuca Ridge Hydrothermal Vents - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Juan de Fuca Ridge Hydrothermal Vents

Statistics

Occurrence records	28,938
Species level	900
Species	154
Taxa	826
Datasets	34
Time range	1965 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	35
No WoRMS match	273
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,775
No accepted name available	33

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	26,816	23
eventDate	138	0
maximumDepthInMeters	22,351	0
minimumDepthInMeters	22,316	0
occurrenceStatus	26,635	0
scientificNameID	305	6

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	21,708
Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) database Published	4,478
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	2,186
Ocean Genome Legacy Collection Published 2022-08-15	204
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	100
ChEssBase Published 2025-03-20	87
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	43
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	29
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	14
CeDAMar database for benthic biological sampling on the abyssal plains Published 2025-03-20	12

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
Bacteria	2,155
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	1,461
Porifera Grant, 1836 Phylum Porifera	1,035
Euryarchaeota Phylum Euryarchaeota	1,020
Sulfurovum Inagaki, Takai, Nealson & Horikoshi, 2004 Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Epsilonproteobacteria	977
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	940
Crinoidea Miller, 1821 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea	935
Sulfurimonas Inagaki, Takai, Kobayashi, Nealson & Horikoshi, 2005 Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Epsilonproteobacteria	772
Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	765
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	737

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2014
Mediaster tenellus Fisher, 1905 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	2014
Gersemia juliepackardae Williams & Lundsten, 2009 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2014
Lithoptilum lithophilum (Williams & Alderslade, 2011) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3	2014
Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	20	2013
Lollipocladia tiburoni Vacelet, 2008 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	4	2013
Saccocalyx pedunculatus Schulze, 1896 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	7	2011
Nullarbora pteron (Reiswig & Lee, 2007) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2011
Anthoptilum murrayi Kölliker, 1880 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2009
Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	8	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	26,288
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	21,708
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	4,478
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2,396
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2,192
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	2,186
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	2,186
Northeastern University Marine Science Center	204
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	156
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	100