Namaqua Fossil Forest (South Africa) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Namaqua Fossil Forest (South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	337
Species level	193
Species	55
Taxa	88
Datasets	8
Time range	1986 - 2012

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	2

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	337	0
maximumDepthInMeters	112	0
minimumDepthInMeters	112	0
occurrenceStatus	337	0
scientificNameID	4	0

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
De Beers Marine Benthic Monitoring Programme Published 2020-12-02	146
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	91
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	74
Marine and Coastal Management - Seal Surveys Published 2020-12-02	16
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	4
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	3
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	2
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	1

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
Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Schreber, 1776) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	16
Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	14
Dosinia Scopoli, 1777 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	14
Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	14
Hyperiidea H. Milne Edwards, 1830 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	13
Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	13
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	10
Cumacea Krøyer, 1846 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8
Ampelisca anomala G.O. Sars, 1883 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2012
Ampelisca anomala G.O. Sars, 1883 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2003
Ampelisca brevicornis (A. Costa, 1853) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2003
Leucothoe euryonyx Walker, 1901 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5	2003
Paraphoxus oculatus (G. O. Sars, 1879) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2003
Laetmatophilus purus Stebbing, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2003
Liljeborgia palmata Griffiths, 1974 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2003
Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2003
Aora kergueleni Stebbing, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2003
Pterygosquilla armata (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2003

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	190
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	181
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch	146
De Beers Group	146
Pisces Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd	146
Steffani Marine Environmental Consultant	146
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	90
iziko South African Museum	9
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	1
Australian Antarctic Division	1