Watamu Area - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Watamu Area

Statistics

Occurrence records	2,184
Species level	366
Species	164
Taxa	368
Datasets	24
Time range	1952 - 2017

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	29
No WoRMS match	6
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	3
No accepted name available	8

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	2,202	0
eventDate	52	0
maximumDepthInMeters	441	0
minimumDepthInMeters	440	0
occurrenceStatus	24	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	29	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	153
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Nematoda from Kenya and Zanzibar Published 2025-03-20	1,742
Abundance and habitat of echinoderms collected during the Bangor-Watamu Expedition in 1969 Published 2025-03-20	161
KMFRI literature records Published 2025-03-20	60
KMFRI literature records Published 2022-12-07	60
Distribution and abundance of corals along the Kenyan coast Published 2025-03-20	51
Waterbird observations in Lake Victoria wetlands, south Kenya coast and Tana River dams (Kenya) in 1995 Published 2025-03-20	25
CAS Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) Published 2025-03-17	22
Diveboard - Scuba diving citizen science observations Published 2025-03-20	15
Occurrence records of southern African aquatic biodiversity Published 2024-05-09	12
University of Eldoret satellite tracked green sea turtles from Kenya 2012 under SWIOFP Published 2021-04-24	11

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
Spilophorella Filipjev, 1917 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	40
Dracograllus Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	38
Theristus Bastian, 1865 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	36
Chromadorina Filipjev, 1918 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	36
Chromadora Bastian, 1865 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	34
Microlaimus de Man, 1880 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	34
Prochromadorella Micoletzky, 1924 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	32
Actinonema Cobb, 1920 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	32
Acanthonchus Cobb, 1920 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	32
Epsilonema Steiner, 1927 Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea	32

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Charadrius tricollaris Vieillot, 1818 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	4	2017
Burhinus vermiculatus (Cabanis, 1868) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Rynchops flavirostris Vieillot, 1816 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2017
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	2	2014
Taeniamia pallida (Gon & Randall, 1995) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2009

Data providers

Name	Records
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee	2,012
Universiteit Gent, Marine Biology research group	1,742
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	372
Western Australia Museum	161
National Museums of Kenya; Department of Ornithology	25
California Academy of Sciences	23
Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschap	15
Diveboard	15
Datafable	15
Duke University	13