West Kuril Trench, Japan Trench, Izu-Ogasawara Trench and North of Mariana Trench - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

West Kuril Trench, Japan Trench, Izu-Ogasawara Trench and North of Mariana Trench

Statistics

Occurrence records	24,481
Species level	18,671
Species	840
Taxa	1,192
Datasets	34
Time range	1849 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	4
No WoRMS match	340
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	893
No accepted name available	7,657

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	58,204	15
eventDate	410	0
maximumDepthInMeters	32,999	956
minimumDepthInMeters	32,868	978
occurrenceStatus	476	0
scientificName	3	0
scientificNameID	481	163

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	7

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	10,131
JODC Dataset Published 2024-06-14	7,253
FRA-PLANKTON DATASET Published 2024-06-14	4,921
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	334
Asia-Pacific Dataset Published 2024-06-14	317
NMFS Turtle Tracking Published 2021-04-24	285
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	280
Fish collection of National Museum of Nature and Science Published 2024-06-14	227
CMarZ (Census of Marine Zooplankton)-Asia Database Published 2024-06-14	226
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	163

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
Animalia	1,184
Bacillariophyceae Haeckel, 1878 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	540
Metridia pacifica Brodsky, 1950 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	427
Chaetoceros C.G. Ehrenberg, 1844 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	376
Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	343
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	331
Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	309
Eucalanus bungii Giesbrecht, 1893 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	305
Neocalanus cristatus (Krøyer, 1848) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda	253
Corethron criophilum Castracane, 1886 Phylum Heterokontophyta > Class Bacillariophyceae	246

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Hirondellea dubia Dahl, 1959 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	2019
Hirondellea gigas (Birstein & M. Vinogradov, 1955) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	7	2012
Branchiocerianthus imperator (Allman, 1885) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2007
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2006
Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1849) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	1	2006
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	50	2005
Mimonectes loveni Bovallius, 1885 Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	2	2002
Aegina rosea Eschscholtz, 1829 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa	1	2002
Poralia rufescens Vanhöffen, 1902 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa	2	2002
Yoldiella kaikonis Okutani & Fujiwara, 2005 Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	5	2002

Data providers

Name	Records
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	10,131
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	10,131
Japan Oceanographic Data Center	7,253
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency	4,921
Duke University	407
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	334
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Dole Street Office	325
NOAA Pacific Islands Science Center	325
Frontier Research Center for Global Change/JAMSTEC	317
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	280