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Pemba-Shimoni-Kisite

Statistics

Occurrence records	9,870
Species level	5,183
Species	1,194
Taxa	1,501
Datasets	69
Time range	1849 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	37
No WoRMS match	64
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	43
No accepted name available	283

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
basisOfRecord	3	0
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	6,886	0
eventDate	655	0
maximumDepthInMeters	9,275	0
minimumDepthInMeters	9,197	0
occurrenceStatus	1,035	0
scientificName	29	0
scientificNameID	167	13

Spatial issues

Records on land	3,225
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	92

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Spatial and temporal ichthyofauna community of a tropical mangrove Bay (Gazi Bay, Kenya) sampled between 1994 and 1996 Published 2025-03-20	2,366
Meiobenthos of 5 mangrove vegetation types at Gazi Bay (Kenya) in August 1989 Published 2025-03-20	1,910
Epiphytic meiofauna and nematode community from seagrasses in Gazi and Nyali (Kenya) sampled in August 1989 Published 2025-03-20	1,069
NaGISA Project Published 2018-03-21	649
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	556
Epiphytic macroalgae vegetation on pneumatophores in the mangrove of Gazi Bay sampled between August and September 1989 Published 2025-03-20	378
Counts of hyperbenthos of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in October 1994 Published 2025-03-20	362
Epibenthic and fish community in Gazi Bay sampled from 12-15 October 1994 Published 2025-03-20	275
Inventory of intertidal benthic diatoms of Gazi Bay (Kenya) sampled in September 1991 Published 2025-03-20	239
Seagrasses and associated macroalgae at West Gazi bay during July and August 1987 and abiotic data of the corresponding sampling locations Published 2025-03-20	239

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
Nematoda Phylum Nematoda	1,726
Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	143
Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	139
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	125
Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	114
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	113
Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	109
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	90
Ostracoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Ostracoda	90
Isopoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	84

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	4	2014
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	1	2014
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Gymnothorax griseus (Lacepède, 1803) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2014
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2011
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2009
Ostorhinchus apogonoides (Bleeker, 1856) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009
Taeniamia fucata (Cantor, 1849) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	8,119
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	8,099
Universiteit Gent, Marine Biology research group	6,387
Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschap	4,128
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen	762
Vrije Universiteit Brussel	730
Universidad Simon Bolivar	659
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	556
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika	239
University of Nairobi	177