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Nile Delta Fan

Statistics

Occurrence records	11,912
Species level	2,549
Species	909
Taxa	1,423
Datasets	73
Time range	1903 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	12
No WoRMS match	107
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	2,083
No accepted name available	85

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	9,949	7
eventDate	235	0
maximumDepthInMeters	10,281	29
minimumDepthInMeters	10,103	12
occurrenceStatus	9,467	0
scientificName	5	0
scientificNameID	131	4

Spatial issues

Records on land	1
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	39

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	9,276
Steuer A. 1939. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XIX Mollusca. Notes and Memoirs No 33 Published 2020-05-28	518
Fauvel P. 1937. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XI.Annelida Polychaeta. Notes et memoires No 19 Published 2020-04-16	198
F.M.Ghazzawi (1939) Plankton of the Egyptian waters. A study of the Suez Canal Plankton. Notes and Memories of the Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate of Egypt, No 24. (A) The Phytoplankton. Preliminary Report Published 2020-04-02	195
Polychaete Study in Northeastern Mediterranean Coast of Egypt Published 2024-02-26	182
PANGAEA - Data from Climatic variability of the Mediterranean Paleo-circulation (CLIVAMP) Published 2025-03-20	180
Chas.H. O'Donoghue, D.Sc. & Dora de Watteville,M.A. The fishery grounds near Alexandria. XX-Bryozoa. Notes and Memoirs No 34. Hydrobiology and Fisheries Directorate, Egypt. Published 2020-04-27	166
The Fishery Grounds near Alexandria.VII.Decapoda.By Heinrich Balss.(1936).Notes and memoirs No. 15 Published 2020-04-16	147
Senckenberg's collection management system Published 2025-03-20	141
Fish and marine invertebrates from the Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Sea Published 2021-10-20	118

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
Bacteria	977
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	711
Acidobacteriaceae Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria	480
Planctomycetaceae Phylum Planctomycetes > Class Planctomycetacia	469
Alphaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	392
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	310
Rhodobacteraceae Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Alphaproteobacteria	295
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	228
Bacteroidetes Phylum Bacteroidetes	196
Actinobacteria Phylum Actinobacteria > Class Actinobacteria	190

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Grateloupia gibbesii Harvey, 1853 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2019
Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Siganus rivulatus Forsskål & Niebuhr, 1775 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Sphyraena chrysotaenia Klunzinger, 1884 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1830) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Jaydia smithi Kotthaus, 1970 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010
Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	9,317
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	9,276
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture	2,020
University of Crete	1,216
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	377
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria	214
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung	144
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt a. M; Abteilung Marine Zoologie; Sektion Crustacea	141
Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research	118
Tel Aviv University, Department of Zoology	118