Trincomalee Canyon and associated ecosystems - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Trincomalee Canyon and associated ecosystems

Statistics

Occurrence records	482
Species level	288
Species	214
Taxa	324
Datasets	26
Time range	1883 - 2004

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	7
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	7

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	268	0
eventDate	276	0
maximumDepthInMeters	347	0
minimumDepthInMeters	373	0
occurrenceStatus	361	0
scientificName	5	0
scientificNameID	41	1

Spatial issues

Records on land	36
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	169
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	76
Taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean Published	67
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	53
A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks Published 2018-11-12	22
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	19
Australian Museum Malacology Collection - Marine records Published 2022-06-08	17
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	11
DMNS Marine Invertebrate Collection (Arctos) Published 2023-10-01	6
Queensland Museum Corals Published 2023-06-28	6

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
Scorpaenodes Bleeker, 1857 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	14
Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	6
Pisces Phylum Chordata	5
Penaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5
Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	4
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4
Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	4

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	2004
Naria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1991
Erronea onyx (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	1	1987
Acropora abrotanoides (Lamarck, 1816) EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	1	1985
Helcogramma billi Hansen, 1986 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1982
Helcogramma shinglensis Lal Mohan, 1971 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1982
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1970
Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1970
Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	1970
Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	3	1970

Data providers

Name	Records
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	169
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	145
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	76
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	76
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	67
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	53
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	26
Drexel University Academy of Natural Sciences	22
Drexel University; Academy of Natural Sciences	22
Australian Museum	20