SouthernHCSUpwelling - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

SouthernHCSUpwelling

Statistics

Occurrence records	47,641
Species level	4,879
Species	506
Taxa	1,251
Datasets	75
Time range	1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	35
No WoRMS match	527
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6,414
No accepted name available	317

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	46,828	2
eventDate	368	0
maximumDepthInMeters	44,641	5
minimumDepthInMeters	44,392	0
occurrenceStatus	45,541	0
scientificName	8	0
scientificNameID	463	167

Spatial issues

Records on land	133
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	111

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
MICROBIS Database (version 1) - European data Published	42,240
Copepodos Chile Published 2019-08-16	1,245
Argos PTT Tracking Database Published	910
sarce_rockyshores Published 2019-12-16	600
MBON POLE TO POLE: ROCKY SHORE BIODIVERSITY OF CONCEPCION CHILE Published 2019-08-19	502
Fledging behaviour of juvenile northern royal albatrosses (Diomedea sanfordi): a GPS tracking study (2007-2008) Published 2022-06-06	374
Euphausiids-COPAS Center Published	264
PANGAEA - Data from Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Published 2025-03-20	186
Personal library collection of Martin Angel of published and unpublished Halocyprid (Ostracoda) occurrences Published 2025-03-20	100
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	96

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
Bacteria	7,850
Planctomycetaceae Phylum Planctomycetes > Class Planctomycetacia	2,175
Desulfobacteraceae Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	2,008
Deltaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Deltaproteobacteria	1,946
Bacteroidetes Phylum Bacteroidetes	1,923
Gammaproteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria > Class Gammaproteobacteria	1,885
Proteobacteria Phylum Proteobacteria	1,349
Acidobacteriaceae Phylum Acidobacteria > Class Acidobacteria	929
Bacteroidales Phylum Bacteroidetes > Class Bacteroidia	878
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	808

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	6	2024
Otaria byronia (de Blainville, 1820) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	1	2022
Balanus laevis Bruguière, 1789 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	12	2018
Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1822) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	16	2018
Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753 Phylum Chlorophyta > Class Ulvophyceae	6	2018
Capreolia implexa Guiry & Womersley, 1993 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae	19	2018
Siphonaria lessonii Blainville, 1827 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	48	2018
Arbacia nigra (Molina, 1782) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	10	2018
Pyropia orbicularis M.E.Ramírez, L.Contreras Porcia & M.-L.Guillemin, 2014 Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Bangiophyceae	25	2018
Jehlius cirratus (Darwin, 1854) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Thecostraca	28	2018

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	43,715
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	42,240
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía	1,358
Universidad de Concepción e Instituto Milenio de Oeanografía (IMO)	1,245
Australian Antarctic Division	973
Universidad Simon Bolivar	641
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"	600
Universidade Federal da Bahia	600
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago	600
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	600