Orange Cone (Namibia/South Africa) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Orange Cone (Namibia/South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	10,503
Species level	8,386
Species	219
Taxa	354
Datasets	32
Time range	1950 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	17
No WoRMS match	56
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6
No accepted name available	21

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	10,528	0
eventDate	6,236	0
maximumDepthInMeters	2,184	0
minimumDepthInMeters	2,134	0
occurrenceStatus	10,428	0
scientificName	5	0
scientificNameID	716	5

Spatial issues

Records on land	79
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	305

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
De Beers Marine Namibia Benthic Monitoring Programme Published 2020-12-02	6,129
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	1,824
De Beers Marine Benthic Monitoring Programme Published 2020-12-02	1,586
Marine and Coastal Management - Copepod Surveys Published 2020-12-02	403
Namdeb Diamond Corporation Limited Marine Monitoring Programme Published 2020-12-02	183
Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	59
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	56
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	41
Biological observations from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1952 Published 2019-03-15	38
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Published 2025-03-20	36

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
Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	569
Nephtys hombergii Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	503
Callianassa australis Kensley, 1974 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	373
Lumbrineris heteropoda difficilis Day, 1962 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	369
Pterygosquilla capensis Manning, 1969 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	303
Mediomastus capensis Day, 1961 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	301
Ampelisca anomala G.O. Sars, 1883 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	287
Diopatra monroi Day, 1960 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	278
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	269
Calocaris barnardi Stebbing, 1914 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	268

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2024
Scoletoma tetraura (Schmarda, 1861) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2012
Podarkeopsis capensis (Day, 1963) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2011
Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2011
Rhopalodinopsis capensis Heding, 1937 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea	1	2011
Glycinde kameruniana Augener, 1918 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2011
Drilonereis monroi Day, 1960 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	1	2011
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2011
Cossura coasta Kitamori, 1960 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	4	2010
Nassarius vinctus (Marrat, 1877) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	66	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch	7,898
Pisces Environmental Services (Pty) Ltd	7,898
De Beers Namibia Holdings	6,129
Marine Environmental Consultant	6,129
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	2,451
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	2,307
De Beers Group	1,586
Steffani Marine Environmental Consultant	1,586
Marine and Coastal Management Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	483
Namdeb Diamond Corporation Limited	183