Northeastern Honshu - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Northeastern Honshu

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,211
Species level	2,355
Species	257
Taxa	415
Datasets	31
Time range	1896 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	5
No WoRMS match	247
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	61
No accepted name available	411

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	22,666	0
eventDate	271	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,626	19
minimumDepthInMeters	2,633	19
occurrenceStatus	276	0
scientificName	50	0
scientificNameID	286	23

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	252

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	1,037
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	615
Survey data of seagrass beds on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ Published 2024-06-14	438
Kelp Dataset Published 2024-06-14	348
FRA-PLANKTON DATASET Published 2024-06-14	234
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	178
Fixed Point Survey for Shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae and Charadriidae Published 2024-05-16	154
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	55
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	34
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	21

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
Animalia	431
Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	218
Zostera caulescens Miki, 1932 NT Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	196
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Peragallo, 1899 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	82
Chaetoceros decipiens Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	70
Sargassum fulvellum (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	65
Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	64
Bacteriastrum furcatum Shadbolt, 1854 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	56
Chaetoceros didymus Ehrenberg, 1845 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	54
Sargassum C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	53

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Maera denticoxa Ariyama, Kodama & Tomikawa, 2020 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2014
Tremoctopus gracilis (Souleyet, 1852) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	1	2014
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2011
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	7	2011
Astrothrombus chrysanthi Matsumoto, 1918 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2009
Verasper variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6	2009
Zostera asiatica Miki, 1932 NT Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	24	2009
Zostera marina Linnaeus, 1753 Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	218	2009
Zostera caulescens Miki, 1932 NT Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida	196	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	1,037
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	1,037
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	615
Ministry of the Environment	438
Hokkaido University	354
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency	234
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	178
Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment	154
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	55
National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Zoology, Tsukuba	34