Oman Arabian Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records 15,125
Species level 7,589
Species 1,344
Taxa 2,252
Datasets 80
Time range 1813 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 9
No WoRMS match 592
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 46
No accepted name available 216

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 14,401 397
eventDate 1,043 0
maximumDepthInMeters 12,188 7
minimumDepthInMeters 9,158 0
occurrenceStatus 8,053 0
scientificName 9 0
scientificNameID 7,103 57

Spatial issues

Records on land 112
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 93

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata
464
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata
291
Biota
220
Trilobatus sacculifer (Brady, 1877)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
180
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
170
Porifera Grant, 1836
Phylum Porifera
169
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
163
Synechococcus Nägeli, 1849
Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae
152
Prochlorococcus S.W.Chisholm, S.L.Frankel, R.Goericke, R.J.Olson, B.Palenik, J.B.Waterbury, L.West-Johnsrud & E.R.Zettler, 1992
Phylum Cyanobacteria > Class Cyanophyceae
152
Bacteria
148

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia
17 2022
Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia
16 2022
Thalamita bandusia Nobili, 1906
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
12 2022
Sinularia brassica May, 1898
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
26 2022
Petrolisthes militaris (Heller, 1862)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
14 2022
Pisidia dehaanii (Krauss, 1843)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
22 2022
Aquilonastra samyni O'Loughlin & Rowe, 2006
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea
12 2022
Quadrella serenei Galil, 1986
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
17 2022
Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804)
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
17 2022
Sansibia claereboudti Samimi-Namin, Benayahu & McFadden, 2022
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia
12 2022