Morrumbene to Zavora bay (Southern Mozambique) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Morrumbene to Zavora bay (Southern Mozambique)

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,236
Species level	2,684
Species	613
Taxa	856
Datasets	45
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	4
No WoRMS match	60
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	118

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,945	1
eventDate	462	0
maximumDepthInMeters	1,692	0
minimumDepthInMeters	1,674	0
occurrenceStatus	950	0
scientificName	16	0
scientificNameID	146	33

Spatial issues

Records on land	18
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	140

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,592
ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library Published 2022-06-08	884
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	364
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	294
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	207
Happywhale - Humpback whale in Indian Ocean Published 2025-03-17	128
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	86
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	75
Revealing migratory behaviour of South African leatherback turtles Published 2021-04-24	69
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	61

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
Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	884
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	146
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	128
Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1853 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	115
Sagitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 Phylum Chaetognatha > Class Sagittoidea	113
Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	85
Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 Phylum Chordata > Class Appendicularia	74
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	69
Corycaeus Dana, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	65
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	60

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2020
Choridactylus natalensis (Gilchrist, 1902) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Seriolina nigrofasciata (Rüppell, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Synapturichthys kleinii (Risso, 1827) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes, 1862) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger, 1884) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2013
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	128	2012
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	60	2012
Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	2	2012

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,642
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,642
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	941
ECOCEAN USA	884
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	545
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	364
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	295
Duke University	261
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	257
iziko South African Museum	249