Sri Lankan side of Gulf of Mannar

to mapper

Statistics

Occurrence records 56
Species level 49
Species 38
Taxa 40
Datasets 7
Time range 1969 - 1997

Data quality

Dropped records

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

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 28 0
eventDate 47 0
maximumDepthInMeters 56 0
minimumDepthInMeters 51 0
occurrenceStatus 29 0
scientificNameID 12 0

Spatial issues

Records on land 0
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 3

Top datasets

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824
Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda 		5
Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		4
Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		4
Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		3
Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda 		2
Aulospongus tubulatus (Bowerbank, 1873)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		2
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2
Carangoides praeustus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2
Hyattella intestinalis (Lamarck, 1814)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1
Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Coelarthrum opuntia (Endlicher) Børgesen, 1937
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae 		1 1997
Botryocladia leptopoda (J.Agardh) Kylin, 1931
Phylum Rhodophyta > Class Florideophyceae 		1 1997
Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 1969
Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 1969
Caranx heberi (Bennett, 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		2 1969
Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 1969
Carangoides praeustus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 1969

Data providers

Name Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee 22
WoRMS Steering Committee 22
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute 13
California Academy of Sciences 7
California Academy of Sciences 7
Diversity of the Indo-Pacific Network 5
CSIR / SADCO / AfrOBIS 4
iziko South African Museum 4
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart 3
Australian Museum 3