South Kyushu including Yakushima and Tanegashima Islands - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

South Kyushu including Yakushima and Tanegashima Islands

Statistics

Occurrence records	12,350
Species level	10,766
Species	1,114
Taxa	1,302
Datasets	33
Time range	1906 - 2023

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	32
No WoRMS match	309
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	542
No accepted name available	1,718

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	12,231	27
eventDate	3,732	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,217	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,175	0
occurrenceStatus	4,039	0
scientificName	77	0
scientificNameID	504	124

Spatial issues

Records on land	9
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	19

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	3,610
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	3,472
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	3,264
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	972
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929 Published 2024-05-31	290
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	240
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	112
Malacology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Published 2025-03-18	69
Large benthic foraminifers around Japanese Islands Published 2023-06-08	56
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Published 2025-02-05	50

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
Tripos fusus (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	456
Lamellibrachia satsuma Miura, 1997 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	310
Animalia	305
Skeletonema costatum (Greville) Cleve, 1873 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	246
Leptocylindrus danicus Cleve, 1889 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	232
Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	220
Coscinodiscus gigas Ehrenberg, 1841 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	202
Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	202
Pempheris xanthoptera Tominaga, 1963 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	201
Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae	198

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Podoceropsis nanseiae Kodama, Mukaida, Hosoki, Makino & Azuma, 2024 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2023
Acrocirrus validus Marenzeller, 1879 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2020
Nebalia tagiri Hirata, Fujiwara & Kikuchi, 2019 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8	2020
Perinereis mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	4	2016
Pollichthys mauli (Poll, 1953) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2015
Ophiotholia spathifer (Lyman, 1879) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2015
Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	2014
Sanderia malayensis Goette, 1886 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa	1	2012
Leucothoe chiisainame White & Reimer, 2012 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2011

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	3,660
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	3,660
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	3,472
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	3,264
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	972
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	292
National Institute for Environmental Studies	290
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka	290
University of Tsukuba, Shimoda Marine Research Center	290
Nanki‐Kumano Geopark Center	290