West Wind Drift Convergence Region

Statistics

Occurrence records 9,525
Species level 8,880
Species 740
Taxa 930
Datasets 81
Time range 1849 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 13
No WoRMS match 198
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 12
No accepted name available 49

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 8,317 11
eventDate 1,214 0
maximumDepthInMeters 6,350 42
minimumDepthInMeters 2,193 0
occurrenceStatus 3,067 0
scientificName 53 0
scientificNameID 497 19

Spatial issues

Records on land 535
More than 20 km from shore 0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 253

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
1,239
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny, 1826
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
602
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (Ehrenberg, 1861)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
488
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
359
Globoconella inflata (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
344
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
270
Globorotalia (Truncorotalia) crassaformis (Galloway & Wissler, 1927)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
219
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
177
Neogloboquadrina incompta (Cifelli, 1961)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
151
Turborotalita quinqueloba (Natland, 1938)
Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea
123

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2025
Cephalorhynchus eutropia Gray, 1846 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2022
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) VU
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
2 2019
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
1 2019
Karlodinium conicum Salas, 2008
Phylum Myzozoa > Class Dinophyceae
2 2018
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) EN
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
15 2016
Acanthella danerii Costa, Bavestrello, Pansini & Bertolino, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2016
Biemna aurantiaca Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2016
Biemna erecta Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2016
Biemna typica Bertolino, Costa & Pansini, 2020
Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae
2 2016