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

Orange Shelf Edge (Namibia/South Africa)

Statistics

Occurrence records	12,971
Species level	11,717
Species	547
Taxa	686
Datasets	47
Time range	1921 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	293
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	14
No accepted name available	12

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	13,131	80
eventDate	110	0
maximumDepthInMeters	5,328	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,346	0
occurrenceStatus	11,917	0
scientificName	51	0
scientificNameID	395	47

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	937

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (AfrOBIS) Published 2020-12-02	10,237
iziko South African Museum - Shark collection Published 2020-12-02	621
iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection Published 2020-12-02	439
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	308
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	247
Biological Reference Collections ICM CSIC Published 2025-03-20	189
PANGAEA - Data from South Atlantic in the late Quaternary: reconstruction of budget and currents Published 2025-03-20	147
PANGAEA - Data from University Bremen Published 2025-03-20	113
iziko South African Museum - Crustacean Collection Published 2020-12-02	103
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	86

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
Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	561
Todaropsis eblanae (Ball, 1841) Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	513
Todarodes angolensis Adam, 1962 Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda	380
Holohalaelurus regani (Gilchrist, 1922) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	379
Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	365
Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	347
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	330
Coelorinchus simorhynchus Iwamoto & Anderson, 1994 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	290
Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	287
Squalus mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1903 EN Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	281

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2011
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	54	2010
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6	2007
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2006
Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Bathophilus nigerrimus Giglioli, 1882 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2006
Diaphus problematicus Parr, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2006
Chaceon macphersoni (Manning & Holthuis, 1988) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2006
Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2005
Polyipnus indicus Schultz, 1961 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2004

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS	11,469
Marine and Coastal Management; Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism	10,303
iziko South African Museum	1,166
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	652
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	247
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences	202
University of Bremen Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences	158
University of Bremen	113
Swedish Museum of Natural History	86
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	81