Lamu-Kiunga area - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Lamu-Kiunga area

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,922
Species level	1,354
Species	856
Taxa	1,017
Datasets	44
Time range	1849 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	38
No WoRMS match	16
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	17
No accepted name available	54

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,700	11
eventDate	423	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,540	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,465	0
occurrenceStatus	487	0
scientificName	12	0
scientificNameID	28	3

Spatial issues

Records on land	200
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	26

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Cordio East Africa Reef Building Corals 2014 Published 2017-01-13	369
Ecoscope Observation Database Published 2025-03-20	320
Microphytoplankton along four transects off the Kenyan coast in 1992 Published 2025-03-20	189
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	175
Seasonal variation of the zooplankton community at Gazi, Lamu and Malindi (Kenya) sampled between 1990 and 1992 Published 2025-03-20	125
IndOBIS Dataset (76001-78000) Published 2021-02-12	100
KMFRI literature records Published 2025-03-20	96
KMFRI literature records Published 2022-12-07	96
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	65
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	57

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
Makaira Lacepède, 1802 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	241
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	31
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	14
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	14
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	13
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	12
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	11
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	10
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	10

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2015
Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015
Sphyraena barracuda (Edwards, 1771) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2015

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	800
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	653
Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean	369
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	320
Vrije Universiteit Brussel	314
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	195
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	195
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	130
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, O. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas	125
Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India	108