Zone du Projet de Création de l'aire marine protégée de Kribi-Campo (Cameroon) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Zone du Projet de Création de l'aire marine protégée de Kribi-Campo (Cameroon)

Statistics

Occurrence records	3,670
Species level	3,668
Species	368
Taxa	361
Datasets	10
Time range	1940 - 2021

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	4
No WoRMS match	735
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	0

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	359	4,019
eventDate	13	0
maximumDepthInMeters	4,405	0
minimumDepthInMeters	4,403	0
occurrenceStatus	4,407	0
scientificName	716	0
scientificNameID	4,392	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	323
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	0

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
FishBase Database Published 2023-03-23	3,280
Données d'observation des pontes des tortues marines ACBM Published 2022-08-09	208
Données d'observations des capture accidentelles de tortues marines sur la cote sud camerounaise Published 2022-08-17	80
Bycaught sea turtles in southsern coasline of Cameroon Published 2022-10-04	57
Données des tortues marines de la côte camerounaise Published 2022-05-17	20
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	12
CAS Ichthyology (ICH) Published 2025-03-17	8
The fishes collection (IC) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris) Published	2
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids [Data set] Published 2023-11-30	2
National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Collections Published	1

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
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	189
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	81
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	71
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	24
Caranx senegallus Cuvier, 1833 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Trachinotus maxillosus Cuvier, 1832 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	13
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	12
Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	11

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN Phylum Chordata	81	2009
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) CR Phylum Chordata	24	2009
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) VU Phylum Chordata	71	2009
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU Phylum Chordata	189	2009
Detocarcinus balssi (Monod, 1956) Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca	1	1992
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	1964
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	1964
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) NT Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	1964
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	1964
Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Elasmobranchii	4	1964

Data providers

Name	Records
Swedish Museum of Natural History	3,280
RASTOMA	345
ASSOCIATION CAMEROUNAISE DE BIOLOGIE MARINE (ACBM)	288
RESEAU DES ACTEURS ET PROFESIONNEL DE LA SAUVEGARDE DES TORTUES MARINES EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE (RASTOMA)	57
African Marine Mammal Conservation Organisation	20
Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute	12
California Academy of Sciences	8
California Academy of Sciences	8
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO	3
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle / IRD	2