Tromelin Island - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Tromelin Island

Statistics

Occurrence records	192
Species level	74
Species	42
Taxa	89
Datasets	5
Time range	2008 - 2010

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	2
No WoRMS match	4
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	170	27
eventDate	2	0
maximumDepthInMeters	198	0
minimumDepthInMeters	198	0
occurrenceStatus	168	0
scientificNameID	168	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	61
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	162
Observatoire Pelagis aerial surveys 2002-2021 Published 2022-01-20	23
IFREMER/Kélonia satellite tracked late juvenile loggerhead sea turtles from Réunion Island 2008-2012 Published 2021-04-24	4
Type locality distributions from the World Register of Marine Species Published 2025-03-20	2
Observatoire Pelagis - Reseau National Echouage (French stranding network) strandings 1934-2020 Published 2022-01-20	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
Coenobita Latreille, 1829 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	18
Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	8
Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 1859 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	8
Ophiuroidea Gray, 1840 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Ophiuroidea	7
Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	7
Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	6
Crinoidea Miller, 1821 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Crinoidea	5
Calcinus rosaceus Heller, 1861 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5
Mollusca Phylum Mollusca	4
Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817 Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda	4

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2010
Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2010
Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2009
Pocillopora grandis Dana, 1846 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	7	2009
Pavona duerdeni Vaughan, 1907 EN Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3	2009
Calcinus rosaceus Heller, 1861 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	5	2009
Calcinus elegans (H. Milne Edwards, 1836) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	3	2009
Eucidaris metularia (Lamarck, 1816) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	3	2009
Saccoglossus inhacensis Kapelus, 1936 Phylum Hemichordata > Class Enteropneusta	4	2009
Utinomiella dimorpha (Henderson, 1906) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	4	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Florida Museum of Natural History	162
Duke University	28
Observatoire Pelagis UMS 3462, University La Rochelle - CNRS	24
Observatoire PELAGIS, UMS 3462, University La Rochelle-CNRS	24
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, Centre de Brest	4
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2
WoRMS Steering Committee	2