Namibia Islands (Namibia) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Namibia Islands (Namibia)

Statistics

Occurrence records	21,363
Species level	19,711
Species	375
Taxa	730
Datasets	14
Time range	1758 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	38
No WoRMS match	23
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	56
No accepted name available	105

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	18,320	0
eventDate	50	0
maximumDepthInMeters	18,187	936
minimumDepthInMeters	18,302	0
occurrenceStatus	18,313	0
scientificNameID	4	33

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) Published 2020-12-02	17,822
Kelp Blue marine ecology - Luderitz, Namibia (2021-09 to 2024-09) Published 2024-09-30	3,051
BCLME III Coastal Biodiversity Surveys - rocky shores Published 2023-02-02	151
Namibian West Coast Biodiversity Published 2020-12-02	137
Bolus Herbarium Algal Specimen Database Published 2020-12-02	115
Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) - Namibia Published 2020-12-02	40
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	29
Marine and Coastal Management - Seal Surveys Published 2020-12-02	6
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	4
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	3

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

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
Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	15,081
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,895
Phalacrocorax neglectus (Wahlberg, 1855) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	560
Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	194
Haematopus moquini Bonaparte, 1856 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	130
Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrman, 1789) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	67
Larus hartlaubii Bruch, 1853 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	59
Chthamalus dentatus Krauss, 1848 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	57
Thalassiosira P.T. Cleve, 1873 emend. Hasle, 1973 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	45
Asteromphalus C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	41

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2	2024
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2024
Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	8	2024
Chaetoceros teres Cleve, 1896 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2	2024
Chaetoceros decipiens Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2024
Lauderia annulata Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2024
Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3	2024
Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Gray, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2024
Nitzschia sigmoidea Østrup, 1910 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	4	2024
Tadorna cana (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5	2024

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	18,016
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	17,863
University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology	17,822
Kelp Blue	3,051
Kelp Forest Foundation	3,051
National Marine Information and Research Centre Namibia	151
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch	137
National Marine Information and Research Center	137
UCT	137
University of Cape Town Botany Department	115