Namaqua Coastal Area (South Africa) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Namaqua Coastal Area (South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,675
Species level	2,044
Species	82
Taxa	111
Datasets	16
Time range	1940 - 2012

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	7
No accepted name available	76

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	3,687	0
maximumDepthInMeters	828	0
minimumDepthInMeters	811	0
occurrenceStatus	3,665	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	60	4

Spatial issues

Records on land	1
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	2,576
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	757
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	226
Marine and Coastal Management - Seal Surveys Published 2020-12-02	48
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	24
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	11
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Published 2025-03-20	8
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	6
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	4
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	4

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
Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	460
Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	460
Calanoides Brady, 1883 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	216
Centropages Krøyer, 1849 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	216
Rhincalanus Dana, 1852-1853 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	216
Metridia Boeck, 1865 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	216
Pleuromamma Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	216
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	98
Harpacticoida Sars G.O., 1903 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	72
Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	72

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2011
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	10	2010
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2005
Ovalipes punctatus (De Haan, 1833) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2004
Metallosphaera sedula Huber, Spinnler, Gambacorta & Stetter, 1989 Phylum Crenarchaeota > Class Thermoprotei	1	2003
Sulfolobus solfataricus Zillig, Stetter, Wunderl, Schulz, Priess & Scholz, 1980 Phylum Crenarchaeota > Class Thermoprotei	1	2003
Methanosarcina barkeri Schnellen, 1947 Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Methanomicrobia	1	2003
Thermoplasma acidophilum Darland, Brock, Samsonoff & Conti, 1970 Phylum Euryarchaeota > Class Thermoplasmata	1	2003
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	18	1997
Mycale (Aegogropila) tapetum Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	1	1997

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	3,642
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	3,607
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	2,850
iziko South African Museum	33
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	11
Australian Antarctic Division	11
British Antarctic Survey	11
Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center	11
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	11
Sorbonne Université	11