Orphan Knoll - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Orphan Knoll

Statistics

Occurrence records	4,445
Species level	1,931
Species	87
Taxa	151
Datasets	14
Time range	1960 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	78
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	7
No accepted name available	317

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,469	1
eventDate	6	0
maximumDepthInMeters	605	0
minimumDepthInMeters	593	0
occurrenceStatus	1	0
scientificNameID	0	78

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
The CPR Survey Published 2025-03-20	3,541
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS) Published 2020-10-27	536
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	293
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992 Published 2021-04-24	51
PANGAEA - Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Published 2025-03-20	9
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Log Book System (FLS) Commercial Pelagic Logbook Data Published 2021-08-25	3
Cold water corals Published 2025-03-20	2
Distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic - Data from the SponGES project Published 2025-03-20	2
Personal library collection of Martin Angel of published and unpublished Halocyprid (Ostracoda) occurrences Published 2025-03-20	2
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	2

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
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	435
Euphausiacea Dana, 1852 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	417
Hyperiidea H. Milne Edwards, 1830 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	353
Calanus Leach, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	311
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	275
Chaetognatha Phylum Chaetognatha	201
Thalassiosira P.T. Cleve, 1873 emend. Hasle, 1973 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	168
Phaeoceros Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	151
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	136
Oithona Baird, 1843 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	133

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Proboscia alata (Brightwell) Sundström, 1986 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2017
Eucampia striata Stolterfoth, 1879 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2017
Coscinodiscus wailesii Gran & Angst, 1931 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2015
Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2014
Navicula planamembranacea Hendey, 1964 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	7	2014
Euchaeta media Giesbrecht, 1888 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	1	2013
Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2013
Corethron hystrix Hensen, 1887 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	10	2012
Dactyliosolen antarcticus Castracane, 1886 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2012
Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	3,557
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom	3,543
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science	3,541
Canadian Wildlife Service - Quebec Region	587
Canadian Wildlife Service - Atlantic Region	536
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	297
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	297
Duke University	52
Duke University Marine Laboratory	51
University of Plymouth	2