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Statistics

Occurrence records 38,607
Species level 33,676
Species 2,673
Taxa 3,530
Datasets 68
Time range 1860 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 97
No WoRMS match 309
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 1
No accepted name available 19

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 41,272 1
eventDate 7,857 0
maximumDepthInMeters 32,444 14
minimumDepthInMeters 32,612 0
occurrenceStatus 11,321 0
scientificName 177 0
scientificNameID 2,998 5

Spatial issues

Records on land 122
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 134

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson, 1871
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		799
Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker, 1858
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		685
Cymodocea rotundata Ascherson & Schweinfurth, 1870
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		586
Enhalus acoroides (Linnaeus f.) Royle, 1839
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		584
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		511
Acropora Oken, 1815
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		499
Halodule pinifolia (Miki) Hartog
Phylum Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida 		475
Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		274
Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		260
Porites Link, 1807
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		256

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Eucestoplana ittanmomen Tsuyuki, Oya & Kajihara, 2023
Phylum Platyhelminthes 		1 2021
Clavelina ossipandae Hasegawa & Kajihara, 2024
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea 		2 2021
Acropora spicifera (Dana, 1846) EN
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		1 2019
Kodama jujutsu A. Reid, N. Sato, Jolly & Strugnell, 2023
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda 		1 2019
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)
Phylum Chordata > Class Ascidiacea 		1 2018
Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2018
Stichopus chloronotus Brandt, 1835
Phylum Echinodermata > Class Holothuroidea 		1 2018
Halichondria (Halichondria) okadai (Kadota, 1922)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2018
Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		117 2018
Acropora akajimensis Veron, 1990
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia 		6 2018

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