Juan Fernandez Seamounts - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Juan Fernandez Seamounts

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,643
Species level	1,342
Species	348
Taxa	480
Datasets	39
Time range	1849 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	11
No WoRMS match	88
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	25

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,189	3
eventDate	766	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,018	26
minimumDepthInMeters	1,124	1
occurrenceStatus	1,176	0
scientificName	31	0
scientificNameID	158	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	118
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	108

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	572
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	301
Anfípodos_cimar22 Published 2021-08-30	188
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	120
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	85
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	76
Euphausiids-COPAS Center Published	44
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	34
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	29
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	25

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
Scartichthys variolatus (Valenciennes, 1836) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	50
Plumapathes fernandezi (Pourtalès, 1874) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	41
Bathycyathus chilensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	32
Pseudocaranx chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	29
Nemadactylus gayi (Kner, 1865) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	29
Lotella fernandeziana Rendahl, 1921 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	27
Scorpis chilensis Guichenot, 1848 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	26
Pseudolabrus gayi (Valenciennes, 1839) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	21
Scorpaena fernandeziana Steindachner, 1875 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20
Malapterus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1839 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	20

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hyperioides longipes Chevreux, 1900 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2016
Phrosina semilunata Risso, 1822 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12	2016
Lestrigonus schizogeneios (Stebbing, 1888) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	13	2016
Phronimella elongata (Claus, 1862) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12	2016
Eupronoe minuta Claus, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2016
Vibilia armata Bovallius, 1887 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	18	2016
Hyperietta stephenseni Bowman, 1973 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2016
Themistella fusca (Dana, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2016
Tryphana malmii Boeck, 1871 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2016
Lestrigonus shoemakeri Bowman, 1973 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2016

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	572
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	504
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	421
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía	197
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía	188
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	108
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	108
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	85
British Antarctic Survey	49
Universidad de Concepción Centre for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific (COPAS)	44