Makran/Daran-Jiwani Area - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Makran/Daran-Jiwani Area

Statistics

Occurrence records	726
Species level	504
Species	253
Taxa	352
Datasets	19
Time range	1963 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	12
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	543	0
eventDate	66	0
maximumDepthInMeters	571	0
minimumDepthInMeters	568	0
occurrenceStatus	76	0
scientificName	9	0
scientificNameID	13	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	76
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	17

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
makran-chabahar-benthos Published 2020-06-15	240
The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman Amphipoda Published 2024-07-10	137
Distribution dataset of brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (2017-2023) Published 2024-05-27	126
makran-chabahar-arthropods Published 2020-06-15	39
Australian Museum Ichthyology Collection Published 2022-06-08	39
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	37
Cnidarian of the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman Published 2020-06-14	36
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	13
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	13
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	12

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
Ampelisca persicus Momtazi, 2020 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	18
Ampelisca cyclops Walker, 1904 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	14
Ampelisca Krøyer, 1842 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	13
Grapsus albolineatus Latreille <i>in</i> Milbert, 1812 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	12
Crenimugil seheli (Fabricius, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12
Photis Krøyer, 1842 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8
Byblis Boeck, 1871 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7
Eriopisella Chevreux, 1920 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7
Blenniidae Rafinesque, 1810 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	7
Terebra Bruguière, 1789 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	7

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Leptochryseus kuwaitense (Jones & Clayton, 1983) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2023
Nasima dotilliformis (Alcock, 1900) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2022
Austruca sindensis (Alcock, 1900) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2022
Cymadusa filosa Savigny, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Ericthonius forbesii Hughes & Lowry, 2006 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2020
Eurycarcinus orientalis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2020
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2019
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2019
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	6	2018
Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung	263
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	245
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences	137
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum	137
University of Tehran	126
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	53
Australian Museum	51
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	45
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	39
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	37