Yawari Bay (Sierra Leone) (to revise map and come back to plenary) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Yawari Bay (Sierra Leone) (to revise map and come back to plenary)

Statistics

Occurrence records	16
Species level	16
Species	12
Taxa	12
Datasets	10
Time range	1963 - 2006

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	1
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	15	0
eventDate	8	0
maximumDepthInMeters	8	0
minimumDepthInMeters	8	0
occurrenceStatus	15	0
scientificName	1	0
scientificNameID	6	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	3
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	6

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Hexacorallians of the world Published 2020-06-09	6
UF Invertebrate Zoology Published 2024-02-12	2
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2004: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	1
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	1
Coleção de Cnidaria do Museu Nacional (MNRJ) Published 2023-12-11	1
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2005: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell) Published 2021-04-24	1
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	1
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	1
Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection Published 2025-03-10	1
National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Fishes Collections Published	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
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	3
Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hexacorallia	2
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2
Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1
Luidia alternata numidica Koehler, 1911 Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1
Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1
Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1
Solitas gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1
Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU Phylum Chordata	2	2005
Luidia alternata (Say, 1825) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Asteroidea	1	1990
Senilia senilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia	1	1987
Heliophora orbiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Phylum Echinodermata > Class Echinoidea	1	1982
Canthigaster sanctaehelenae (Günther, 1870) EN Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1980
Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1963

Data providers

Name	Records
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	8
Universidad Simon Bolivar	6
University of Kansas; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU Natural History Museum	6
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution	2
Florida Museum of Natural History	2
Duke University	2
SEATURTLE.ORG	2
Marine Turtle Research Group	2
Canadian Museum of Nature, Research & Collections	1
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	1