Southern Straits of Malacca - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Southern Straits of Malacca

Statistics

Occurrence records	6,852
Species level	2,937
Species	1,100
Taxa	1,452
Datasets	77
Time range	1758 - 2019

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	31
No WoRMS match	91
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	6
No accepted name available	247

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	4,888	39
eventDate	887	0
maximumDepthInMeters	3,037	3
minimumDepthInMeters	3,085	0
occurrenceStatus	1,608	0
scientificName	27	0
scientificNameID	726	2

Spatial issues

Records on land	281
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	1

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,248
An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database Published 2022-06-08	477
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	462
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Malacology Collection - marine records Published 2023-06-28	348
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	348
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	224
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	174
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	154
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-24	108
IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS Published	99

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
Animalia	263
Mollusca Phylum Mollusca	149
Pisces Phylum Chordata	142
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	140
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	140
Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 Phylum Arthropoda	118
Hydroidolina Collins, 2000 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	72
Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	71
Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	70
Tomopteridae Grube, 1850 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	70

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Alveopora spongiosa Dana, 1846 VU Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2019
Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2019
Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2018
Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2018
Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2018
Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2016
Echinopora pacifica Veron, 1990 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	6	2016
Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2	2014
Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	2014
Echinoderes annae Sørensen, Gasiorowski, Randsø, Sánchez & Neves, 2016 Phylum Kinorhyncha > Class Cyclorhagida	1	2014

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,248
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,248
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	1,174
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	971
James Cook University, Townsville	477
Australian Museum	464
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	462
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	404
Museum and Art Gallery, Northern Territory	384
Florida Museum of Natural History	224