Offshore of Port Elizabeth - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Offshore of Port Elizabeth

Statistics

Occurrence records	53,352
Species level	50,397
Species	1,009
Taxa	1,388
Datasets	59
Time range	1861 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	5
No WoRMS match	413
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	1
No accepted name available	121

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	53,571	14
eventDate	656	0
maximumDepthInMeters	46,185	0
minimumDepthInMeters	45,903	0
occurrenceStatus	52,274	0
scientificName	246	0
scientificNameID	584	20

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1,504

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Animal Demography Unit - South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING) Published 2020-12-02	34,459
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	10,798
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	2,736
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	1,721
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	650
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	501
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	488
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	422
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	408
iziko South African Museum - Mollusc Collection Published 2020-12-02	194

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	32,317
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,701
Sterna vittata Gmelin, 1789 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1,312
Loligo reynaudii A. d'Orbigny, 1841 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	708
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	562
Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	494
Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	494
Squalus megalops (MacLeay, 1881) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	479
Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	475
Trachurus capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	408

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2024
Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2021
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2017
Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2016
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2015
Tsitsikamma (Clavicaulis) michaeli Parker-Nance, 2019 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2015
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	2	2014
Lingulaulax polyedra (F.Stein) M.J.Head, K.N.Mertens & R.A.Fensome 2024 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	2010
Latrunculia (Biannulata) algoaensis Samaai, Janson & Kelly, 2012 Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	49,851
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	34,753
University of Cape Town; Department of Zoology	34,546
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	13,534
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	2,736
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	1,737
British Antarctic Survey	1,736
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen	1,725
Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)	1,721
Australian Antarctic Division	1,721