Peru Upwelling Cores - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Peru Upwelling Cores

Statistics

Occurrence records	257,663
Species level	238,874
Species	910
Taxa	1,215
Datasets	63
Time range	1833 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	3
No WoRMS match	4,550
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	772
No accepted name available	17,147

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	146,249	115,551
eventDate	355	0
maximumDepthInMeters	124,048	7,695
minimumDepthInMeters	118,064	7,695
occurrenceStatus	1,108	0
scientificName	13	0
scientificNameID	711	5,167

Spatial issues

Records on land	12,218
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	127

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	133,569
Movement patterns of Peruvian Boobies off Isla Lobos de Tierra 2006 Published 2021-04-24	115,541
PANGAEA - Data from Climate variability and El Niño Southern Oscillation (CENSOR) Published 2025-03-20	5,091
HMAP Dataset 16: Peru, South-east Pacific Published 2025-03-20	987
PANGAEA - Data from the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Published 2025-03-20	906
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	230
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	214
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	162
The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking (Standardised) Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Published 2024-10-23	157
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	147

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
Sula variegata (Tschudi, 1843) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	115,544
Animalia	4,045
Biota	3,870
Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3,379
Coscinodiscus perforatus Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,937
Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2,894
Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,642
Chaetoceros lorenzianus Grunow, 1863 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,366
Tripos muelleri Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1826 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	2,279
Coscinodiscus sol C.G.Wallich, 1860 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	2,048

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Takano) Takano, 1995 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2017
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	1	2016
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	4	2014
Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli, 1885 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2013
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden, 1928 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	3	2013
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	3	2012
Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Grunow ex Cleve) G.R.Hasle, 1993 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	5	2012
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	1	2012
Planes minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2011
Sternoptyx obscura Garman, 1899 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	2010

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	133,572
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	133,572
Duke University	115,649
Universidad Científica del Sur	115,541
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	6,069
University of Southampton Southampton Oceanography Centre	5,091
Instituto del Mar del Perú	996
University of Hull, Oceans Past Initiative	987
The University of Dublin, Trinity College	987
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	364