Suakin Archipelago and Sudanese Southern Red Sea - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Suakin Archipelago and Sudanese Southern Red Sea

Statistics

Occurrence records	50
Species level	37
Species	29
Taxa	39
Datasets	4
Time range	1911 - 2014

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	33	2
eventDate	35	0
maximumDepthInMeters	48	0
minimumDepthInMeters	37	0
occurrenceStatus	1	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	10
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	33
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	14
Red Sea Cetacean Review - Sightings Published 2021-04-24	2
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1

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
Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4
Lamellodysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	3
Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2
Axinella quercifolia (Keller, 1889) Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae	2
Nudisyllis pulligera (Krohn, 1852) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2
Typosyllis dentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2
Hillerella bisepta Simon, Logan & Mottequin, 2016 Phylum Brachiopoda > Class Rhynchonellata	2
Iravadiidae Thiele, 1928 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1
Truncatellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2014
Syllis armillaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	1957
Nudisyllis pulligera (Krohn, 1852) Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	1957
Typosyllis dentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta	2	1957
Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1911

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	33
WoRMS Steering Committee	33
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	14
Australian Museum	14
Duke University	2
Tethys Research Institute	2
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	1