Northern Coast of Hyogo, Kyoto, Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Northern Coast of Hyogo, Kyoto, Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama Prefectures

Statistics

Occurrence records	1,994
Species level	1,653
Species	351
Taxa	483
Datasets	34
Time range	1900 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	11
No WoRMS match	155
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	4
No accepted name available	14

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	1,672	0
eventDate	672	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,031	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,063	0
occurrenceStatus	729	0
scientificName	117	0
scientificNameID	280	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	18

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Survey data of algal beds on the Monitoring sites 1000 project, BDCJ Published 2024-06-14	814
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	436
Kelp Dataset Published 2024-06-14	274
NMFS Turtle Tracking Published 2021-04-24	66
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	54
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Ichthyology Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	47
Western Australian Museum Fish Collection - Marine records Published 2023-06-28	42
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	37
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	34
KUBI Ichthyology Tissue Collection Published 2025-03-04	26

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
Sargassum siliquastrum (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	149
Sargassum patens C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	131
Lithophyllum okamurae Foslie, 1900 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	84
Sargassum confusum C.Agardh, 1824 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	82
Ecklonia kurome Okamura, 1927 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	77
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	66
Sargassum macrocarpum C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	50
Sargassum piluliferum (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	43
Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier, 1851 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	33
Sargassum hemiphyllum (Turner) C.Agardh, 1820 Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae	28

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Thalamita sima H. Milne Edwards, 1834 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Rocinela maculata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Gnathia nasuta Nunomura, 1992 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Pomatocheles jeffreysii Miers, 1879 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Latreillia valida De Haan, 1839 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Garthambrus pteromerus (Ortmann, 1893) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Actiomera erythra (Lanchester, 1902) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Elaphognathia kikuchii (Nunomura, 1992) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Acanthopeltis japonica Okamura, 1892 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	1	2014
Campylaephora hypnaeoides J.Agardh, 1851 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	8	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
Ministry of the Environment	814
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	436
Hokkaido University	274
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	131
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	110
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	66
Duke University	66
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	66
National Museum of Nature and Science, Department of Zoology, Tsukuba	54
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	47