North Pacific Transition Zone and bordering currents - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

North Pacific Transition Zone and bordering currents

Statistics

Occurrence records	212,725
Species level	136,653
Species	2,423
Taxa	4,219
Datasets	140
Time range	1849 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	55
No WoRMS match	2,174
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3,501
No accepted name available	33,953

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	452,906	20,293
eventDate	4,299	0
maximumDepthInMeters	413,936	1,372
minimumDepthInMeters	398,561	1,394
occurrenceStatus	33,689	0
scientificName	111	0
scientificNameID	4,292	223

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	5,839

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FRA-PLANKTON DATASET Published 2024-06-14	55,542
NMFS Turtle Tracking Published 2021-04-24	32,682
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	24,019
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	22,260
TOPP Albatrosses 2002-06 Published	14,620
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	10,697
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	6,734
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	5,784
SWFSC juvenile loggerhead sea turtle tracking 2002-2005 Published 2022-03-03	4,753
Video Annotation and Reference System (VARS) database Published	4,478

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
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	38,221
Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	12,651
Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1849) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	5,753
Animalia	4,618
Mirounga angustirostris (Gill, 1866) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3,808
Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,536
Bacteria	2,441
Ctenocalanus vanus Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,376
Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,337
Metridia pacifica Brodsky, 1950 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	2,217

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Spinocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1900 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	9	2022
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2022
Sardinops sagax (Jenyns, 1842) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4	2022
Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2022
Chaunacops coloratus (Garman, 1899) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	5	2022
Calyptrophora angularis (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	19	2022
Polymyces wellsi Cairns, 1991 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	244	2022
Gonatus berryi Naef, 1923 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	11	2022
Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	431	2022
Ptilella inflata (Kükenthal, 1910) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	7	2022

Data providers

Name	Records
Duke University	61,961
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency	55,542
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	38,056
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	34,279
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	33,303
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	32,957
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	30,401
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	24,102
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	22,460
Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)	22,260