Système du « Canyon de Timiris » de Mauritanie - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Système du « Canyon de Timiris » de Mauritanie

Statistics

Occurrence records	432
Species level	418
Species	85
Taxa	97
Datasets	17
Time range	1968 - 2018

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	3
No WoRMS match	1
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	3

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	762	11
eventDate	207	0
maximumDepthInMeters	822	0
minimumDepthInMeters	814	0
occurrenceStatus	24	0
scientificNameID	4	69

Spatial issues

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

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Ecoscope tuna observer data Published 2025-03-20	189
Ecoscope Balbaya Database Published 2025-03-20	70
dem_datasurv_mau Published 2017-10-03	69
LBBG_ZEEBRUGGE - Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) breeding at the southern North Sea coast (Belgium and the Netherlands) Published 2024-09-04	39
CETUS: Cetacean monitoring surveys in the Eastern North Atlantic Published 2025-03-20	16
Marine Fauna Collection of the Oceanographic Center of Malaga (S.I.O.): CFM_IEOMA Published 2025-03-20	11
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	8
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	8
Collection of Decapod and Stomatopod Crustaceans from Oceanographic Center of Cadiz: CCDE-IEOCD Published 2025-03-20	7
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	4

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
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	211
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	39
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	23
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	23
Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Bothus podas (Delaroche, 1809) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Citharus linguatula (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Trachurus trecae Cadenat, 1950 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3
Solea senegalensis Kaup, 1858 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	39	2017
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2016
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	3	2016
Stenella frontalis (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2015
Ophiernus alepidotus Madsen, 1977 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	1	2010
Stereomastis talismani (Bouvier, 1917) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2010
Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2010
Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	1	2009
Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2009
Trachyscorpia echinata (Köhler, 1896) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement	259
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	77
Institut Mauritanien de Recherche Océanographique et des Pêches	69
Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar Thiaroye (CRODT-ISRA)/ LPAOSF-ESP-UCAD	69
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics	39
Universiteit Antwerpen	39
Vlaamse Overheid - Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek	39
Universiteit Gent	39
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo	16
Fraunhofer AICOS	16