Subtropical Convergence Zone

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Statistics

Occurrence records 49,637
Species level 22,489
Species 1,293
Taxa 2,692
Datasets 99
Time range 1849 - 2024

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 63
No WoRMS match 11,148
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 2,570
No accepted name available 465

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 37,583 859
eventDate 1,157 0
maximumDepthInMeters 17,937 0
minimumDepthInMeters 13,032 0
occurrenceStatus 31,895 0
scientificName 318 0
scientificNameID 26,579 77

Spatial issues

Records on land 1,748
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 704

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Distribution

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Records

Composition

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Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3,175
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1,877
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1,586
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		1,260
Phoebetria fusca (Hilsenberg, 1822) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves 		925
Eubalaena australis (Desmoulins, 1822)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		515
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		426
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		418
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU
Phylum Chordata 		388
Globoconella inflata (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea 		355

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		3 2023
Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2019
Tentorium semisuberites (Schmidt, 1870)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2019
Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		2 2019
Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		4 2019
Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia 		6 2019
Gymnoscopelus microlampas Hulley, 1981
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei 		1 2019
Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) grandis (Verrill, 1879)
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae 		1 2019
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata 		347 2012
Prasinoderma coloniale T.Hasegawa & Chihara, 1996
Phylum Prasinodermatophyta > Class Prasinodermatophyceae 		134 2010

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