Mesoamerian Reef

Statistics

Occurrence records 207,590
Species level 46,055
Species 3,753
Taxa 5,425
Datasets 123
Time range 1868 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 471
No WoRMS match 735
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 694
No accepted name available 104,096

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 204,940 1,155
eventDate 6,899 0
maximumDepthInMeters 164,647 162
minimumDepthInMeters 165,607 0
occurrenceStatus 23,314 0
scientificName 202 0
scientificNameID 5,792 185

Spatial issues

Records on land 3,035
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 724

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Biota incertae sedis
103,988
Chordata Haeckel, 1874
Phylum Chordata
11,172
Animalia
8,370
Alphaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria
2,277
Bacteria
2,247
Syndiniales
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
2,208
Biota
1,638
Florideophyceae Cronquist, 1960
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae
1,103
Gammaproteobacteria
Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria
1,059
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1,015

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Decapterus punctatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
44 2023
Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
72 2023
Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
51 2023
Florenciella parvula Eikrem, 2004
Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Dictyochophyceae
45 2023
Anchoa cayorum (Fowler, 1906)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
42 2023
Harengula jaguana Poey, 1865
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
286 2023
Malacoctenus macropus (Poey, 1868)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
100 2023
Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
44 2023
Parasesarma asperum (Heller, 1865)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
34 2023
Paramoeba branchiphila (Dyková, B.F.Nowak, Crosbie, I.Fiala, H.Pecková, M.B.Adams, Macháčková & Dvořáková) Feehan, Johnson-Mackinnon, Scheibling, Lauzon & A.G.B.Simpson, 2013
Phylum Amoebozoa > Class Discosea
45 2023

Data providers

Name Records
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 148,250
Belize Fisheries Department 147,830
UNESCO-IOC 147,830
UNESCO-WHC 147,830
U.S. Geological Survey HQ 22,255
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 20,491
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) 20,491
University of New Hampshire 20,491
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO 20,419
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami 13,720