Khori Great Bank - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Khori Great Bank

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,395
Species level	1,402
Species	266
Taxa	409
Datasets	21
Time range	1963 - 2016

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	101
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	144

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,031	0
eventDate	1,459	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,922	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,512	0
occurrenceStatus	1,514	0
scientificName	8	0
scientificNameID	125	20

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	6

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,472
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	952
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	463
PANGAEA - Data from various sources Published 2025-03-20	331
PANGAEA - data from Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme (NIOP) Published 2025-03-20	68
IndOBIS Dataset (90001-92000) Published 2022-01-19	33
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	32
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	14
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	10
Gulf Green Turtle Project 2016-2019 Published 2023-01-30	7

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
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	119
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	62
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	55
Pisces Phylum Chordata	52
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	45
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	40
Echinodermata Klein, 1778 Phylum Echinodermata	39
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	37
Nemertea Phylum Nemertea	33
Siphonophorae Eschscholtz, 1829 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	32

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	8	2016
Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2009
Bolivina dilatata Reuss, 1850 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	10	2003
Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	9	2003
Laevidentalina filiformis (d'Orbigny, 1826) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata	7	2003
Reophax bilocularis Flint, 1899 Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata	9	2003
Reophax fusiformis (Williamson, 1858) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata	10	2003
Eubuliminella exilis (Brady, 1884) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	11	2003
Alliatina nitida (Millett, 1900) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	8	2003
Nonion faba (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea	10	2003

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,475
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,475
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	999
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	952
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	463
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	399
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee	68
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	46
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	36
California Academy of Sciences	10